# Installing .NET 8 and ASP.NET 8

This page will instruct you how to download and install the .NET 7 SDK, including ASP.NET 8 Web API.

First, download the .NET SDK on your computer.

# Installing the SDK for .NET 8

Next, install the .NET SDK on your computer.

Next, open a terminal such as PowerShell, Command Prompt, or bash. Enter the following dotnet commands to verify that .NET 8 has been installed:

dotnetcli
dotnet --list-sdks

You see the .NET 8 SDK version as one of the outputs:

output
8.0.XXX

Congratulations! You're ready to create your first ASP.NET Web API.

# Next steps

If you need some introduction to developing .NET applications, you can follow the step-by-step tutorial or watch .NET 101 videos on YouTube.