.NET Core is an open source framework (hosted on GitHub https://github.com/dotnet/core), released by Microsoft and maintained by the .NET community, to build cross-platform applications for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS. You can get it from Microsoft's official .NET Core site at https://www.microsoft.com/net/core or GitHub. If you are using Visual Studio 2017, you can get it as part of the installer.
In this chapter, we will discuss the following core topics:
- Overview of .NET Core
- Installing .NET Core with Visual Studio 2017
- A quick lap around the .NET Core commands:
- Creating a .NET Core console app
- Creating a .NET Core class library
- Creating a solution file and adding projects to it
- Resolving dependencies in a .NET Core application
- Building a .NET Core project or solution
- Running a .NET Core application
- Publishing a .NET Core application...
