Learn the basic concepts of .NET, that foundational programming platform in the Microsoft developer ecosystem.
.NET Fundamentals: Concepts, APIs, and Libraries in the .NET Framework
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Understanding Microsoft .NET
- Getting the most from this course
- Terminology: Framework and library
- Terminology: SDK and API
- What is .NET?
- A brief history of .NET Framework
- The Common Language Runtime (CLR)
- Installing .NET
- The big list of libraries
- Install additional libraries with NuGet
- The blurred line between .NET and C#
- The Common Type System (CTS)
- Namespaces and assemblies
- Interfaces
- Generics
- Delegates and Lambda expressions
- Reflection and attributes
- Nullable value types
- Arrays and collections
- Events and event handlers
- Handling exceptions in .NET
- Strings and Chars
- C# records and .NET
- Auto memory management with garbage collection
- Command line and the SDK
- Publishing applications
- What’s new in .NET and .NET Core
- Next steps
Taught by
Walt Ritscher
