Beginning C# 6.0 Programming with Visual Studio 2015

 Beginning C# 6.0 Programming with Visual Studio 2015

Welcome to the fi rst chapter of the fi rst section of this book. This section provides you with
the basic knowledge you need to get up and running with the most recent version of C#.
Specifi cally, this chapter provides an overview of C# and the .NET Framework, including
what these technologies are, the motivation for using them, and how they relate to each other.
It begins with a general discussion of the .NET Framework. This technology contains many
concepts that are tricky to come to grips with initially. This means that the discussion, by
necessity, covers many concepts in a short amount of space. However, a quick look at the
basics is essential to understanding how to program in C#. Later in the book, you revisit many
of the topics covered here, exploring them in more detail.
After that general introduction, the chapter provides a basic description of C# itself, including
its origins and similarities to C++. Finally, you look at the primary tool used throughout this
book: Visual Studio 2015 (VS). Visual Studio 2015 is the latest in a long line of development
environments that Microsoft has produced, and it includes all sorts of features (including full
support for Windows Store applications) that you will learn about throughout this book.
It takes a lot of work to get content into a presentable format for students and IT professionals to
read and get value from. The authors indeed have technical knowledge and experiences to share, but
without the technical writers, technical reviewers, developers, editors, publishers, graphic designers,
the list goes on, providing their valuable input, a book of high quality could not be written. The rate
of change occurs too quickly for an individual to perform all these tasks and still publish a book
that is valid before the technology becomes stale. This is why authors worked together with a great
team to get all the components of the book together quickly. It was done to ensure that the most up
to date information gets to the reader while the features are still fresh and current. I would like to
thank Kelly Talbot for his great project management and technical review of the content as well as
John Mueller for his technical review and suggestions throughout the process. Lastly, I would like to
thank all the numerous people behind the scenes who helped get this book together.
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