ASP.NET Core 3.0 not showing on Visual Studio 2019

Question

I want to test the new Blazor server-side framework (aka Razor Components).

I installed Visual Studio 2019 RC, and then the .Net Core 3.0 preview 2, following this o

Answer 1

Tried to get .NET Core 3 (preview 8 in my case) to work in the release version of Visual Studio 2019 but ASP.NET Core 3.0 refused to show up in the "Create new ASP.NET Core web application" dialog.

What eventually worked was to install the Preview version of Visual Studio 2019.

I could have saved a few hours and a lot of hair if I had taken the warning text ".NET Core 3.0 should be used with the latest previews of Visual Studio." (https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/3.0) more literally...