No, you will need to run 'dotnet restore', 'npm install', 'webpack' and 'dotnet run' To run in development environment (and have all sorts of handy features such as Hot module replacement and automatic reloading enabled) set the environment to Development by running 'set ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT=Development' on a Windows machine or 'export ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT=Development' on macOS. ASP.NET Core enables multiple ways to set variables, check the docs for more information on this topic.