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What service do I need? For ASP.NET?
I just started learning C# for a week, now I want to make a web based project using ASP.NET.
What do I need to buy? I read that ASP.NET is cross platform, so I could get a cheap linux server right, but how to run it?
If not, will I need a windows server? I don't want to spend lots of money on a windows server though, just to play around with C# for learning.
Could I just buy a cheap cpanel or directadmin? I don't really see ASP.NET being supported though on their websites.
If none of these is the answer, do you know what else I could do?
Like I said, I am just new to learning C# and want to make web projects, perhaps there's something other then ASP.NET I could use with C#?
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.NET Core can run on Linux. Old C# web apps (MVC 5) are Windows-only (not 100% sure how projects like Mono could help, probably not much).
I doubt cPanel or DirectAdmin-powered hosting would work, even for .NET Core. You'd need a VPS where you can install relevant packages or run it through Docker.
ASP.NET is best choice for web apps right now.
For hosting you need VPS. Nothing fancy, 1GB is enough, even for e-commerce, because ASP.NET is really efficient.
You will get best performance with Windows + Kestrel, but even standard Linux + nginx reverse proxy is fast enough and used by many, because it has good compability with everything. Kestrel is just for .NET apps.
Here's guide for deploying on Linux + Nginx
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/host-and-deploy/linux-nginx?view=aspnetcore-6.0
If you want server only for testing then signup for Oracle Cloud Free Tier and you can get 1/8 OCPU (1/8 performance of AMD EPYC), 1GB of RAM, 200GB drive, 50Mbps network for free! Good enough for testing.