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aspnetboilerplate template project creation build errors

I have created project from aspnetboilerplate templates ASP.NET MVC 5.x, Multipage application with ef.

I have unzipped the downloaded file
I have started Visual Studio as an administrator
aspnetboilerplate site says we can use Visual Studio 2013 or later and My Visual studio version is: Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2015 Version 14.0.25431.01 Update 3 Microsoft .NET Framework Version 4.7.02046

When I try to open and build the project, the project has build errors which I have tried to resolve by from Boilerplate project creation error but still its unable to resolve.

Build errors details are:

  1. error CS0012: The type 'Object' is defined in an assembly that is not referenced. You must add a reference to assembly 'netstandard, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51'.
  2. error CS0006: Metadata file 'D:\AAA\Projects\SourceCode\Practices\MVC\HelloWorld\3.1.3\src\HelloWorld.Application\bin\Debug\HelloWorld.Application.dll' could not be found
  3. error CS0006: Metadata file 'D:\AAA\Projects\SourceCode\Practices\MVC\HelloWorld\3.1.3\src\HelloWorld.Core\bin\Debug\HelloWorld.Core.dll' could not be found
  4. error CS0006: Metadata file 'D:\AAA\Projects\SourceCode\Practices\MVC\HelloWorld\3.1.3\src\HelloWorld.EntityFramework\bin\Debug\HelloWorld.EntityFramework.dll' could not be found
  5. error CS0006: Metadata file 'D:\AAA\Projects\SourceCode\Practices\MVC\HelloWorld\3.1.3\src\HelloWorld.WebApi\bin\Debug\HelloWorld.WebApi.dll' could not be found

I have tried all options searching for solution still its not resolving. Any suggestions/help is appreciated.

Solution

  • aspnetboilerplate site says we can use Visual Studio 2013 or later

    Unfortunately, that is an outdated instruction.

    The type 'Object' is defined in an assembly that is not referenced. You must add a reference to assembly 'netstandard, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51'.

    ABP v3.0.0 is based on .NET Standard 2.0.

    • This concerns you regardless if you are on MVC 5.x, .NET Framework 4.x or .NET Core 2.x.
    • You should use VS2017 15.3.3+.

    Using VS2017 15.3.3+, the projects will build, resolving errors 2 to 5.