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foreword
Six years have passed since I wrote the foreword for the first edition of what was then .NET Core in Action. You’re holding in your hands (or digitally) the massively revised and improved second edition, now titled .NET in Action. The word Core has gone from the branding, as cross-platform .NET is no longer thought of as a less-than-full version, but today, .NET is recognized as a robust, full-featured, incredibly powerful ecosystem. Today, we’re shipping and enjoying .NET 8, with .NET 9 coming reliably at the end of 2024. The community enjoys long-term support versions, and millions of developers and enterprises trust .NET to run their software every day. Modern .NET is in action every day, and it’s fast, it’s portable, ...
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