I'm interested in using React as front end with .NET Core. I created a project like so "dotnet new react" and all is fine. But then I realized I can't use this in VS2013 and you need VS 2017 to open such a project or else use VS Code with it.
The reason i can't use VS Code is because I need to use EF 6 which requires the full .NET framework as opposed to EF Core.

The solution to this is to create context and models using VS 2013 and EF 6 and reference the binaries in the react app in VS Code.

Is there any alternative to this.?

Will it be possible to open this in Visual studio 2013.
And is deploying the react app to IIS straightforward or does it required additional runtimes and so on.