.NET Core development with VS 2012? [closed]

Question

Can I develop .NET Core projects with VS 2012 or do I need VS 2015+? What are the system requirements or components needed?

Answer 1

No you can't. You need VS 2015 + Update 3.

.NET Core development on Windows with Visual Studio requires:

• Visual Studio 2015 Update 3.3 or later
• NuGet Manager extension for Visual Studio
• .NET Core Tooling Preview 2

~ .NET Prereqs