To create your first AcspNet application you can install AcspNet project templates package from visual studio online gallery, and then just use respective project templates:

Then just compile (it will download required nuget packages at first build) and run it.

New project structure:

Start debugging and after launch you will see "Hello world!" in default web-site page:

• Startup.cs file - startup file for your application, here your should initialize OWIN components. AcspNet is also an owin middleware;

public class Startup
{
    public void Configuration(IAppBuilder app)
    {
       app.UseAcspNet();
    }
}

• App_Data folder - storage point for file-based data stores (for example string table files);
• App_Data/StringTable.en.xml - string table default file, contains string table localizable items;

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<items>
    <item name="SiteTitle" value="WebApplication5" />
    <item name="FormTitleMessageBox" value="Information" />
    <item name="HtmlListDefaultItemLabel" value="Not selected..." />
</items>

SiteTitle - default and prefix site title, used by framework

FormTitleMessageBox - message box control title, used by MessageBox class

HtmlListDefaultItemLabel - lists generator control default item, used by ListsGenerator class

• Templates - folder for storing HTML template files, should contain atleast Master.tpl file;
• Templates/Master.tpl file - web-site master template file, typically contains base layout for web-site (html, header, body tags);
• Controllers folder - folder for placing your controller classes (can be any folder);
• Views folder - folder for placing your views classes (can be any folder);
• Templates/AcspNet/MessageBox folder for MessageBox class templates, this templates is used to generate error, informational or Ok message boxed.

• by default "Styles", "Scripts", "Images", "Content" and "fonts" folders is opened for read access. Static files (css, js, images etc.) should be placed there.

You can find example AcspNet application which is using controllers, views, templates, localization, js/css frameworks, authentication and so at here

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