Hello, C#! Welcome, .NET!
In this first chapter, the goals are setting up your development environment, understanding the similarities and differences between .NET 5, .NET Core, .NET Framework, and .NET Standard, and then creating the simplest application possible with C# 9 and .NET 5 using Microsoft's Visual Studio Code.
After this first chapter, this book can be divided into three parts: first, the grammar and vocabulary of the C# language; second, the types available in .NET for building app features; and third, examples of common cross-platform apps you can build using C# and .NET.
Most people learn complex topics best by imitation and repetition rather than reading a detailed explanation of the theory; therefore, I will not overload you with detailed explanations of every step throughout this book. The idea is to get you to write some code, build an application from that code, and then for you to see it run.
You don't need to know all the nitty-gritty...
