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This tutorial shows how to prepare your local machine for developing .NET and .NET Framework apps that run on Google Cloud and call Google Cloud APIs.
Install a development environment
The recommended development environment for running the .NET tutorials and sample apps in this documentation is Visual Studio or Visual Studio Code.
Create a Google Cloud project
Create a Google Cloud project to run your apps. Google Cloud projects form the basis for creating, enabling, and using all Google Cloud services.
Set up authentication
Your .NET app must authenticate itself to use Google Cloud APIs. You use Application Default Credentials (ADC), which let you provide credentials for either local development or in a production environment.
If you're using a local shell, then create local authentication credentials for your user account:
gcloud auth application-default login
You don't need to do this if you're using Cloud Shell.
If an authentication error is returned, and you are using an external identity provider (IdP), confirm that you have signed in to the gcloud CLI with your federated identity.
For more information, see Authenticate for using client libraries. For general information about authentication, see Authentication at Google.
(Optional) Install SDKs
Even though you can create and manage Google Cloud resources using your web browser using the Google Cloud console, if you'd prefer to manage your Google Cloud resources from the command-line, you can consider installing the Google Cloud CLI. The gcloud CLI is a command-line interface for Google Cloud products and services.