: Practical guides for building Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps, web applications via ASP.NET Core , and services that can be hosted on Linux and Docker. Reader Reception & Critical Insights

: A dive into the .NET class libraries, including performance monitoring, debugging, encryption, and data handling with Entity Framework Core 1.0 and LINQ .

by Mark J. Price is a fast-paced, step-by-step guide designed for developers who want to jump into the then-new world of cross-platform .NET development. Released in 2016, it serves as a foundational text for the radical shift from the Windows-only .NET Framework to the open-source, modular .NET Core. Core Content & Structure

: A quick tour of the language, covering essentials like object-oriented programming (OOP) and new C# 6 features such as string interpolation , exception filtering , and static class imports .