Technical requirements
To follow along with the examples in this chapter, the following software is recommended for Windows users:
- Visual Studio 2022 version 17.0 or later.
- .NET 6.
- To use the WorkingWithTimers project, you will need to install the Visual Studio workload for .NET desktop development.
While these are recommended, if you have .NET 6 installed, you can use your preferred editor. For example, Visual Studio 2022 for Mac on macOS 10.13 or later, JetBrains Rider, or Visual Studio Code will work just as well.
All the code examples for this chapter can be found on GitHub at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Parallel-Programming-and-Concurrency-with-C-sharp-10-and-.NET-6/tree/main/chapter02.
Let’s start the chapter with a .NET and C# history lesson.