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Section 1: Understanding .NET

The fundamental requirement for implementing cross-platform applications with Xamarin is to understand the .NET ecosystem and the supporting Microsoft stack. This part of the book specifically walks you through the evolution of .NET and how it can efficiently be utilized for mobile projects.

This section comprises the following chapters:

Chapter 1, Getting Started with .NET 5.0
Chapter 2, Defining Xamarin, Mono, and .NET Standard
Chapter 3, Developing with Universal Windows Platform

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