.NET Core (Part 4)
Neil Haddley • September 20, 2025
Creating a VB.NET Web App using Microsoft's cross-platform framework.
I am able to develop ASP.NET Core applications with the VB.NET language. However, creating a VB.NET ASP.NET Core application is not support by the dotnet command line app.
$ dotnet new web -lang VB -o haddley-web (fails)
$ dotnet new web -lang C# -o haddley-web (works)
dotnet new web -lang VB -o haddley-web (fails)
dotnet new web -lang C# -o haddley-web (works)
VB.NET console app
As a workaround I can generate a VB.NET console application project and convert it to a VB.NET Web App project.
$ dotnet new console -lang VB -o haddley-console
$ cd haddley-console
$ dotnet new gitignore
$ dotnet run
dotnet new console -lang VB -o haddley-console
dotnet run (the generated console application)
I updated the .vbproj file
I updated the Program.vb code from"Console.WriteLine(...)"
to "WebApplication.CreateBuilder(...)..."
dotnet run (the Web App)