VS.NET Project Templates
ServiceStack has its strong foundations as a Web and MQ Services framework whose easy and versatile HTML support makes it the ideal services framework to create Backend Systems and Web APIs, Websites, Single Page Apps, Windows Services, Self-Hosting Console Apps and Rich OSX and Winforms Desktop Apps.
x new
All ServiceStack Project Templates can be found and installed using the x new .NET Core tool that can be installed with:
$ dotnet tool install --global x
Then run x new
to view the list of available project templates:
$ x new
To upgrade to the latest version, run:
$ dotnet tool update -g x
VS.NET Templates
A limited selection of .NET Framework project templates can also be created inside VS.NET using the ServiceStackVS VS.NET Extension
- ServiceStack ASP.NET Empty
- ServiceStack ASP.NET MVC4
- ServiceStack ASP.NET Razor with Bootstrap
- ServiceStack ASP.NET Sharp Pages with Bootstrap
- Self Host Empty
- Self Host with Razor
- Windows Service Empty
- ASP.NET Empty
- AngularJS 1.5 App
Visual Studio 2019
The latest ServiceStackVS from v2+ includes support for Visual Studio 2019:
Visual Studio 2015 or 2013
If you’re still using VS.NET 2015 or 2013 you can use the earlier VS.NET ServiceStackVS extension:
Available Project Templates
ServiceStack is available in a number of popular starting configurations below:
Webpack-powered Single Page App Templates
All VS.NET Single Page App templates are powered by Webpack which handles the development, testing and production builds of your Web App. See the Webpack Template Docs for an overview for how to utilize the templates features.
The ServiceStackVS VS.NET extension contains a pre-configured Single Page App VS.NET template for each of the popular JavaScript frameworks:
- Angular App
- Aurelia App
- React App
- React Desktop Apps
- Vue App
- AngularJS 1.5 Lite App
Website Templates
Website Templates contain popular starting Templates for creating Server HTML Generated Websites and HTTP APIs with ServiceStack.
Empty Starting Templates
Empty Web and Self Hosting Console and Windows Service Templates.
ASP.NET Core Web Apps on .NET Framework
Popular starting templates for creating ASP.NET Core templates on the .NET Framework.
Desktop Templates
Desktop Templates for packaging your ServiceStack Web App into different Native Desktop UIs.
ServiceStackVS VS.NET Extension
ServiceStackVS supports Visual Studio 2017, 2015 and 2013 and can be installed from within VS.NET:
Install ServiceStackVS
Install the ServiceStackVS VS.NET Extension by going to Tools > Extensions and Updates...
Then searching the Visual Studio Gallery for ServiceStack
Optionally it can be downloaded and installed from the VS.NET Gallery
Example Projects
The Example projects below contain a working demo including further documentation about each of their templates they were built with:
TypeScript React VS.NET Template
TypeScript React Template incorporates today’s best-in-class technologies for developing rich, complex JavaScript Apps within VS.NET and encapsulated within ServiceStack’s new TypeScript React VS.NET Template providing an instant integrated client and .NET server solution where you’ll be immediately productive out-of-the-box whilst enabling an optimal iterative development experience with pre-configured Gulp tasks that takes care of effortlessly packaging, bundling and deploying your next App.
React Desktop Apps
React Desktop Apps take advantage of the adaptability, navigation and deep-linking benefits of a Web-based UI, the productivity and responsiveness of the React framework, the performance, rich features and functionality contained in ServiceStack and the .NET Framework combined with the native experience and OS Integration possible from a Native Desktop App - all within a single VS .NET template!
React App Template
The ReactJS App VS.NET Template enables an optimal iterative dev experience for creating optimized Single Page React.js Apps. It shares the same approach for developing modern Single Page Apps in VS.NET as the AngularJS App Template by leveraging the node.js ecosystem for managing all aspects of Client App development and using the best-in-class libraries.
AngularJS App Template
The AngularJS App template in ServiceStackVS provides a modern opinionated web technology stack for developing rich Single Page Apps with AngularJS and ServiceStack.
Integrated HTML, CSS and JavaScript Minifiers
For normal server-generated websites that don’t leverage Webpack to bundle their outputs you can take advantage of ServiceStack’s integrated and non-invasive minification features to effortlessly enable HTML, CSS and JavaScript minification to your existing Website.
Community Resources
- Hosting an ember-cli app inside a ServiceStack (or any) MVC app by @wayne_douglas
- ServiceStack + AngularDart - Getting Started by @layoric
- License manager for Portable.Licensing using AngularJS and ServiceStack by @dnauck
- StarBucks-like real-time ordering fulfillment Single Page App built with ServiceStack, AngularJS, SignalR and Redis by @paaschpa
- Some thoughts in between SPA projects by @joeriks
- Zippy Tips Working With ServiceStack, Backbone.js, jQuery & Mono-Develop on Mac by Jacques du Preez
Example Single Page App Projects
- Meal planning per configured interval powered by AngularJS, Bower and GruntJS
- Backbone.js + Twitter Social Bootstrap API
- StackOverflow clone with Redis back-end
- Redis Admin UI built with Google Closure Library
- Backbone Todos with Redis back-end
- GitHub-like browser with complete remote file management over REST
- ServiceStack Docs with PushState support
- Angular JS View in RazorRockstars