🚀 Why choose C# and .NET as my programming language?

_Passionately speaking: .NET is among the most valuable programming skills you can develop.

It is so balanced: a combination of power, speed, debug-ability, universal deployment, and elegant development environments, tools, infrastructure, and language design.
_

using System;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Hello, world!");
    }
}

• Cross‑platform powerhouse – build apps once and run anywhere: Windows, Linux, macOS, mobile, IoT, cloud using .NET Tutorials for creating apps
  learn.microsoft.com

• Enterprise‑grade reliability – tight integration with Microsoft Azure ensures resilient, always-on infrastructure

• Fast and fun – C# offers clean syntax and high performance—coding in it is a genuine joy
  (learn.microsoft.com)(https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/introduction)

• High demand & great pay – .NET devs are consistently in demand, with strong salaries in both the US and EU markets

• Industry-proven – from startups to Fortune 500s, .NET powers mission-critical systems

A Redditor sums it up neatly:

“Start with fundamentals … console app, exception handling, collections, generics, OOP, LINQ, async/await… then frameworks.”

❓ How Do I Learn to Code in .NET?

1. Set up your machine
   • Install the .NET SDK + Visual Studio Code and the C# Dev Kit
   • Scaffold your first console app:

• This gets you a working “Hello World” app in seconds.

1. Why start with console apps?
   As one Redditor put it:

“You absolutely want to learn that way. Every intro to programming class in the world starts with console apps.”

Console apps let you grasp OOP, collections, exceptions, and the basics without getting tangled in UI frameworks.

❓ Where Can I Find C# Tutorials?

📺 Hands-On Video Tutorials

• Official “Getting Started with C# & .NET in VS Code” – clean, beginner-friendly walkthrough
• “C# and Visual Studio Code Beginners Guide” – step-by-step tutorial for VS Code users
  oai_citation:10‡youtube.com
• YouTube channels like IAmTimCorey, Nick Chapsas, AngelSix, and Scott Hanselman are highly recommended for both foundational and advanced topics

🧰 Official Written Tutorials

• .NET Hello-World quickstart – install, create, run
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• Create a .NET console app with VS Code – full editor experience
• Walkthroughs for creating web apps and real-time apps with ASP.NET Core, Razor Pages, MVC, SignalR

❓ Where Are Some Hands‑On Videos About .NET?

https://www.youtube.com/csharpfritz Is a true enthusiast and contributes to the.NET Foundation

❓ How Do I Learn to Build Real Projects in .NET?

Community advice is clear:

“Build stuff… I think the best way to learn is by building stuff.”

A step-by-step approach such as but not limited to

1. Console app – practice syntax, OOP, LINQ, error handling
2. Add data access – use EF Core + SQLite for CRUD
3. Add UI/API layer – create ASP.NET Core apps (MVC, minimal APIs, Razor)
4. Add realtime – integrate SignalR
5. Deploy – use Azure or Docker to make your apps live

One Redditor notes:

“When should I actually step from the zone of console apps to the big boy frameworks…? … just go for a deep dive… create some simple web API and integrate it with some database. ”

What is Nuget?

NuGet is the package manager at the heart of the .NET ecosystem—handling everything from installing dependencies to sharing reusable code across projects .

It supports private feeds alongside the central NuGet Gallery, automatically resolves version conflicts, integrates tightly with both Visual Studio and the dotnet CLI, and enables clean, modular project structure

As a bonus, you’ll often find powerful libraries like IronPDF

(https://www.nuget.org/packages/IronPdf)** published there—so you can add professional PDF generation to your app with a single command like dotnet add package IronPdf

✅ TL;DR & Next Steps

• Why .NET & C# – cross-platform, fast, reliable, enterprise-ready, developer-loved
• Setup – install Visual Studio (with .NET workload)
• Build – create and run your first console app in C#
• Learn – combine videos, docs, and Reddit wisdom
• Build Projects – evolve from console to web API, UI, database, realtime
• Explore – check out ASP.NET Core, Blazor, .NET MAUI, Azure, Docker, CI/CD

🧑‍💻 Setup: Install Visual Studio & Create Your First C# App

1. Install Visual Studio (Community edition is free) and include the “.NET desktop development” workload.
2. Launch Visual Studio and select Create a new project → Console App → Next → Create
3. Visual Studio generates the default template including Program.cs

👋 Fizz Buzz in C#

Create Program.cs, and you can code something like this:

csharp
using System;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        const int n = 100;

        for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++)
        {
            string output = "";

            if (i % 3 == 0) output += "Fizz";
            if (i % 5 == 0) output += "Buzz";
            if (output == "") output = i.ToString();

            Console.WriteLine(output);
        }
    }
}