Getting Started

This guide walks you through creating your first Wisp application from scratch.
We’ll build a minimal web app with a controller and a template-based view.

Create a new Console project
Wisp is designed to work with a plain console project:
```
dotnet new console -n MyWispApp
cd MyWispApp
```
Add the Wisp Framework package
Add the Wisp NuGet package to your project
```
dotnet add package Wisp.Framework
```

Configure and start Wisp
In Program.cs, configure Wisp, add routes, and start the server:

using Wisp.Framework;

var appBuilder = new WispHostBuilder().Build();

appBuilder
    .UseControllers(); // Enable controller discovery
    .ConfigureRoutes(r => 
    {
        // Add a simple Hello World route
         r.Get("/hello", async ctx => WispHttpResponse.Ok("Hello, World!");
    });

var app = appBuilder.Build();

// Run the app
await app.RunAsync();

Create a controller
Any class annotated with the [Controller] attribute will be discovered automatically.
Add a new class HomeController.cs:

[Controller]
public class HomeController : ControllerBase
{
    [Route("/")]
    public async Task<IView> Index()
    {
        return View("demo");
    }
}

And a template view
Create a Templates directory in your project root and add demo.liquid:
```
<h1>Hello, World!</h1>
```
Run your app
Start your project with dotnet run
Open your app in a browser
Go to http://localhost:6969 and have fun

Wisp Documentation

Getting Started