Introduction

A lot has changed in the last 20 years. For a laugh, I sometimes retrieve my copy of Microsoft C# Step By Step, first edition, released in 2001, and wonder at my naive innocence back in those days. Surely, C# was the peak of programming language perfection at that time. C# and the .NET Framework hit the world of development with a bang, and the reverberations continue to this day. However, rather than dying away, they rumble through software development with increased significance. Rather than being a single-platform approach as the naysayers of 2001 originally screamed, C# and .NET have shown themselves to be a complete multiplatform solution, whether you’re building applications for Windows, macOS, Linux, or Android. Additionally, ...

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