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Hello, C#! Welcome, .NET!
In this first chapter, the goals are setting up your development environment; understanding the similarities and differences between modern .NET, .NET Core, .NET Framework, Mono, Xamarin, and .NET Standard; creating the simplest application possible with C# 12 and .NET 8 using various code editors; and then discovering good places to look for help.
This chapter covers the following topics:
- Introducing this book and its contents
- Setting up your development environment
- Understanding .NET
- Building console apps using Visual Studio 2022
- Building console apps using Visual Studio Code
- Making good use of the GitHub repository for this book
- Looking for help
Introducing this book and its contents
Let’s get started by introducing ...
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