.NET
.NET is Microsoft's cross-platform development platform, providing runtimes, libraries, and tools for building and running applications.
ASP.NET Core in Action, 3e
.NET 5+ is the unified generation of the .NET platform comprising .NET 5, .NET 6, and later releases.
- How it is used
- Provides the cross-platform foundation on which ASP.NET Core applications run.
- How deep it goes
- Defines the platform generations and contrasts their APIs and application models without detailing runtime internals.
- Examples
- Uses a .NET 7 Empty web project, .NET CLI commands, and a Razor Pages template.
- What you can do after
- Build it from scratch using a .NET 7 project template and distinguish cross-platform code from Windows-only dependencies.
.NET in Action, Second Edition
.NET is a free, cross-platform, open-source software platform whose runtime executes code compiled to Common Intermediate Language.
- How it is used
- Positions .NET as a cross-platform runtime for applications, especially web services, while surveying desktop, mobile, device, and game uses.
- How deep it goes
- Explains the CIL-to-CoreCLR path and demonstrates application conventions and container setup, but leaves production Kubernetes setup outside scope.
- Examples
- Uses a namespaced C# console application and an ASP.NET Core service prepared for container hosting.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via C# to structure an application and prepare a service for basic container publishing.
F# in Action: A Revised Edition of Get Programming with F#
.NET is a software development platform that provides runtimes, libraries, and tools for building applications in multiple programming languages.
- How it is used
- Provides the runtime, libraries, packages, and tooling foundation for building cross-platform applications in multiple languages.
- How deep it goes
- Explains runtime capabilities, interoperability, targets, packages, and installation, but does not detail runtime internals.
- Examples
- Uses F# interoperability, System.DateTime, NuGet packages, ASP.NET Core services, browser applications, mobile targets, and SDK installation.
- What you can do after
- Build applications with F#, C#, or Visual Basic .NET and reuse platform libraries, packages, and interoperable components.
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Building Web APIs with ASP.NET Core
.NET is Microsoft's cross-platform software development platform for building and running applications and services.
- How it is used
- Uses ASP.NET Core to create and run cross-platform web APIs and services.
- How deep it goes
- Explains framework characteristics, installation, templating, generated files, and verification, while deferring detailed implementation.
- Examples
- Uses a MyBGList project, generated WeatherForecast files, Visual Studio templates, and a local HTTPS first run.
- What you can do after
- Builds and verifies an ASP.NET Core web API project using the .NET SDK, Visual Studio, and a project template.
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.NET MAUI in Action
.NET 7 is a major release of Microsoft's .NET software development platform and runtime.
- How it is used
- Supports cross-platform application development through familiar .NET workflows for mobile, desktop, web, and cloud applications.
- How deep it goes
- Explains ecosystem fit, shared code, tools, packages, and setup, but stops short of runtime internals.
- Examples
- Uses a shared-code chat stack and an Aloha World project created from the blank .NET MAUI template.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via Visual Studio or the .NET CLI to create a .NET MAUI app and share code across application layers.
Related concepts
- Common Language Runtimehas part · The Common Language Runtime is .NET’s managed execution environment for loading and running managed code and providing services such as memory management and garbage collection.
- ASP.NET Coreused by · ASP.NET Core is Microsoft’s cross-platform, open-source framework for building web applications and services on the .NET platform.
- Pythonalternative to · Python is a high-level, general-purpose, dynamically typed programming language known for readable syntax and automatic memory management.
- .NET SDKhas part · .NET SDK is Microsoft's software development kit providing tools, compilers, libraries, commands, and templates for building, testing, and publishing .NET applications.
- F#used by · F# is a statically typed, functional-first, multiparadigm programming language in the .NET ecosystem.
- .NET Frameworkalternative to · .NET Framework is Microsoft's Windows-focused managed software framework and runtime for building and running .NET applications.
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