Fresh ASP.NET Core 2.0 MVC Web Application template Browser Link works but has a 404 error

Question

The Visual Studio Browser Link feature works without errors in a fresh ASP.NET Web Application, but in a fresh ASP.NET Core Web Application it shows a 404 error in the web browser (although the feature does work).

Steps to reproduce:

• Create a new "ASP.NET Core Web Application" project with the "Web Application (Model-View-Controller)" template
• Start Debugging

• In the web browser, refresh the page and check the developer tools for an error such as:

  GET http://localhost:17538/__browserLink/requestData/08d7831fcf4c4a0eb58e6099c16a4883?version=2 404 (Not Found)

Is this only happening on my machine? I'm using Visual Studio 2017 15.6.6 and the Microsoft.AspNetCore.All NuGet package is 2.0.7.

Answer 1

This is because a fresh 2.1 .net core solution requires you to install the browserlink nuget package seperately. Its not contained within the new aspnetcore.app metapackage.