Yeah please start with
dotnet new umbraco --name MyProject
and take it from there.
Maybe additionally: this video series is for v13 but not a lot has changed for v17, so it's a good place to start:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeWh9-56UzY&list=PL90L_HquhD-9c-74wwpYTJuElTBalOqat▾