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+# Welcome to the Intro to Web Dev with .NET series
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+Make sure you have [Visual Studio](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/features/net-development/) or [Visual Studio for Mac](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/mac/net/), as well as the [.NET 6 SDK](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download).
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