Preface

There are many C# books, some, more than a thousand pages long, that aim to be comprehensive references to the C# programming language and the .NET Framework.

This book is different—it is concise and aims to be a fast-paced read that is packed with hands-on walkthroughs. I wrote this book to be the best step-by-step guide to modern cross-platform C# and .NET proven practices.

I will point out the cool corners and gotchas of C# so you can impress colleagues and employers and quickly get productive. Rather than slowing down and boring some of you by explaining every little thing, I assume that if a term I use is new to you, then you know how to Google it with a search engine such as DuckDuckGo.

At the end of each chapter, there is a section entitled Practicing and Exploring, which contains questions to test your knowledge, and usually a hands-on practical exercise, and you will explore topics in depth on your own with a little nudge in the right direction from me.

You can download solutions for the exercises from the GitHub repository at https://github.com/markjprice/cs6dotnetcore. I will provide instructions on how to do this using Visual Studio 2015 at the end of Chapter 1, Hello C#!, Welcome .NET Core!.