Chapter 1. Hello, C#! Welcome, .NET Core!
This chapter is about setting up your development environment; understanding the similarities and differences between .NET Core, .NET Framework, .NET Standard, and .NET Native; and using various tools to create the simplest application possible with C# 7 and .NET Core.
Most people learn complex topics by imitation and repetition rather than reading a detailed explanation of theory. So, I will not explain every keyword and step. The idea is to get you to write some code, build an application, and see it run. You don't need to know the details of how it all works yet.
In the words of Samuel Johnson, author of the English dictionary of 1755, I have likely committed "a few wild blunders, and risible absurdities, ...
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