What are code snippets?

Code snippets are a simple and easy way to reuse code by creating templates that generate common statements, such as conditionals, loops, or comment structures.

VS has many code snippets by default for almost all the supported technologies and programming languages.

Important note

Code snippets are a common concept in software development. Almost all IDEs and code editors provide code snippets or have extensions to include code snippets.

In order for you to follow the different case studies used throughout this chapter, you can create a new project by using the ASP.NET Core with React.js template or downloading the resources mentioned in the Technical requirements section, where you will find a folder called Start with the initial files of the project.

Once you have the project open in VS, you will need to create a new condition to return an empty collection using the Get method by navigating to the WeatherForecastController.cs file. Just write...