• clone repository
• within CLI, run dotnet new -i <path to repository folder where .template.config is located>
• to confirm template was installed, run dotnet new -l
• to scaffold a new project using this template, run dotnet new VueCLINetCoreEFCore -n <nameofproject> -o <nameofproject>

• clone repo and run dotnet restore
• install VUE-CLI npm i -g @vue/cli
• open a CLI, in any directory, and type vue ui
• within the vue-cli GUI, create a new project.
• within the project navigation wizard, navigate to the VueCLICore directory of this project (the presentation layer)
• within the VueCLICore directory, choose vue-cli's output directory as ClientApp important: make sure "overwrite existing folder" option is checked
• when creating the project, vue-cli GUI will allow you to use a preset, or to manually configure the project setup (and/or create a new preset). Choose manual config.
• when going through the manual configuration, select everything you want to include in the project. I recommend selecting most of the options, with Mocha for unit testing (VS compatible) and Nightwatch for e2e testing (VS & Selenium compatible)
• if you are planning on installing the Vuetify plugin after project creation, make sure that you select Stylus as the CSS preprocessor option during project setup.
• if selecting TypeScript as an option during project creation, make sure that your linting option is set to TSLint.
• create the project. when vue-cli GUI is done scaffolding the new project (inside ClientApp), navigate to the ClientApp directory and npm install
• At this point, you can do one of two things: add plugins (such as Vuetify) through vue-cli GUI plugins section, or you can run the project as-is through IIS or CLI (see below) if adding Vuetify, I recommend allowing vue-cli to scaffold the Vuetify dependencies before running the project
• run the project through IIS in Visual Studio or through CLI using npm run serve (navigate to port 8080)

Important note regarding HMR in IIS: make sure to disable SSL in the Properties section of the root project in Visual Studio.