.NET: The everywhere framework - C# Tutorial

- [Joe] The .NET platform has come a long way over the past 20 years since it was first introduced. What started out as a runtime for desktop apps on Windows has become a cross-platform multiple form factor framework that gives developers the ability to create apps that run almost anywhere while sharing the same core sets of capabilities and features. Hi, I'm Joe Marini, and I've been developing software for some of the biggest companies in Silicon Valley for more than 30 years. In this course we'll learn about some of the features that .NET provides that can be used in any application that targets the platform. We'll see how to work with strings, create, write and read information from files and directories, work with application data like numbers and dates, and even process information using regular expressions. The .NET framework is everywhere today, which means that your apps can be everywhere, too. Let's get started learning about the .NET framework using C#.