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+
+## Step 1: Get your environment set up
+
+In this step, you will be using the repository we've created for you for the [previous workshop](../workshop1), and you'll use [.NET Core CLI] to set up the project for your animal shelter REST API.
+
+### Pre-requisites
+
+For this workshop we are going to use [Visual Studio Code] with the C# extension and [.NET Core CLI] to create the project and add nuget packages to it.
+
+You can download and install everything from these links:
+- [Visual Studio Code]
+- [C# for Visual Studio Code](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode.csharp)
+- [.NET Core CLI]
+
+### Cloning your repository
+
+In the previous workshop, you were assigned with a repository where you commited all the UI work. In this workshop, we will continue using that repository to commit the REST API code.
+
+If you can't remember what was the name of your repo, you can go to your github account and in the repositories look for one with a name something like `happy-rover` within the [CodessInTheClassroom GitHub organisation].
+
+If you still have the repo cloned locally, you can continue with the next section. If you delete it, you can clone it again. For this open up your preferred shell:
+
+1. Create a local folder to keep your code and change to it. For example, to
+   create `C:\CodessInTheClassroom`:
+
+       mkdir C:\CodessInTheClassroom
+       cd C:\CodessInTheClassroom
+
+2. Find your repository within the [CodessInTheClassroom GitHub organisation].
+
+3. Clone your repository using the instructions in [our Git
+   cheatsheet](../git-cheatsheet.md#clone). For example:
+
+       git clone https://github.com/codessintheclassroom/happy-rover.git
+
+### Creating a branch for this workshop work
+
+Now we'll create a new branch to hold all the new code for the REST API. This will allow to submit a pull request at the end and get your code review.
+
+1. [Follow the instructions for creating a branch in the Git cheatsheet](../git-cheatsheet.md#create-a-branch). You should give it a descriptive name so that you know what it's for, such as `shelter-backend` or `yourname/shelter-backend` (in some teams developers prefix their branch names with their usernames).
+
+### Creating the initial application code
+
+Now we'll use [.NET Core CLI] to create the initial code for our
+application:
+
+1. Using your favourite shell, go to the cloned repo location (for example, if your repository was called `happy-rover`, run `cd c:\CodessInTheClassroom\happy-rover`) and run the following command to  generate a web API project: `dotnet new webapi -n backend`. This will create a new C# project with some example code for a weather forecast api, that we will replace to create our animal shelter API.
+If you're interested in what other options you can pass when creating a project using `.NET Core CLI` , you can [read more here](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tools/dotnet-new).
+2. Run `code -r c:\CodessInTheClassroom\happy-rover\backend` to open the new created project in Visual Studio Code.
+3. Let's test now the generated web API: hit `Ctrl+F5` in Visual Studio Code, and it will compile and run the project. Or you can go back to the shell window, go to your backend project folder and run `dotnet run`. If there are no errors, open the following URL in a browser: [https://localhost:5001/WeatherForecast](https://localhost:5001/WeatherForecast), and the server will return a JSON document with the weather forecast for the next week.
+
+### Commit the code changes and push to GitHub
+
+So far, we've generated a very basic web api, that we will use to create our animal shelter backend. The `dotnet new webapi` command has created a few files in the repository folder that will be the base for our application.
+
+We'll commit and push this code to our development branch to have a start point. To do that:
+1. [Read the guidance on staging changes and committing in the Git cheatsheet](../git-cheatsheet.md#commit).
+
+   For example, you could use your favourite shell, go to your backend project folder and run:
+
+       git add .
+       git commit
+
+2. [Read the guidance on pushing your changes in the Git cheatsheet](../git-cheatsheet.md#push).
+
+   For example, in a shell, you could run:
+
+       git push
+
+[.NET Core CLI]: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/3.1
+[Visual Studio Code]: https://code.visualstudio.com/download
+[CodessInTheClassroom GitHub organisation]: https://github.com/codessintheclassroom
+
+----
+
+⏮ ~~Previous step~~ | [🏠 Up](./00-index.md) | [⏭ Next step: Add endpoints](./02-create-endpoints.md)
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