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.NET in Action, Second Edition
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.NET in Action, Second Edition

by Dustin Metzgar
July 2024
Intermediate to advanced
360 pages
9h 45m
English
Manning Publications
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2 Building a console application

This chapter covers

  • Generating projects with templates
  • Creating and using namespaces
  • Importing NuGet packages

Chapter 1 introduced .NET concepts and the breadth of applications in which it can be used. Now it’s time to put this knowledge into practice and start writing apps. If you’ve programmed with .NET Framework before, you’ll want to read this chapter, as there are many differences between .NET and Framework. .NET Core developers will find a lot of similarities but may be surprised by the top-level statements.

To install .NET, follow the instructions for your OS at https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download. All you need are a terminal/command line and a text editor. Most of the code in this book will work with ...

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