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“…Build "hello world" console and web apps, and then examine the code output Create a more complex model-view-controller web app with the ASP.NET MVC framework Develop a RESTful service with the same techniques and technologies used for your MVC website Get acquainted with several new features in Entity Framework Core 1.0 Use Visual Studio Code, the free code editor that supports several languages and operating systems Learn how to keep and run your code in Linux and edit it in Windows Perform "offroad debugging" on .NET applications from Visual Studio Don Schenck is the Director of Developer Experience at Red Hat, focusing on Microsoft .NET on Linux. …”

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