Test your knowledge and understanding by answering some questions, get some hands-on practice, and explore with deeper research into the topics covered in this chapter.
Answer the following questions:
Why can a programmer use different languages, for example C# and F#, to write applications that run on .NET Core?
What do you type at the prompt to build and execute C# source code?
What is the Visual C# developer settings keyboard shortcut to save, compile, and run an application without attaching the debugger?
What is the Visual Studio Code keyboard shortcut to view the Integrated Terminal?
Is Visual Studio 2017 better than Visual Studio Code?
Is .NET Core better than .NET Framework?
How is .NET Native different from .NET Core?
What is .NET Standard and why is it important?
What is the difference between Git and GitHub?
What is the name of the entry-point method of a .NET console application and how should it be declared?
You do not need Visual Studio 2017 or Visual Studio Code to practice writing C#.
Go to one of the following websites and start coding:
.NET Fiddle: https://dotnetfiddle.net/
Cloud9: https://c9.io/web/sign-up/free
Use the following links to read more details about the topics covered in this chapter:
Welcome to .NET Core: http://dotnet.github.io
.NET Core Command Line Interface (CLI) tool: https://github.com/dotnet/cli
.NET Core runtime, CoreCLR: https://github.com/dotnet/coreclr/
.NET Core Roadmap: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/2016/07/15/net-core-roadmap/
.NET Standard FAQ: https://github.com/dotnet/standard/blob/master/docs/faq.md
Visual Studio Documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/
Visual Studio Blog: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/
Git and Team Services: https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/docs/git/overview
The easiest way to connect to your GitHub repositories in Visual Studio: https://visualstudio.github.com/