What is .NET? What's C# and F#? What's the .NET Ecosystem? .NET Core Explained, what can .NET build?

What is .NET? What is C# and F#? What is .NET Core? What's the .NET Ecosystem? What can you build? You have questions and we have answers. More videos at dot.net/videos

[@BigAl6405]

9:28 LOL I thought I was the only one who used poop as a placeholder name for classes/variables/etc when I'm just messing around. Glad to see another grown man with an eight year old's sense of humor.

[@pdadey]

Scott I find your presentation style strangely reminiscent of Mr. Rogers. Calm, candid, informative and friendly. Your ability to communicate complex technical subjects in simple layman's terms is amazing. Please don't ever change.

[@Daysra]

I feel the same way. I wish all the programming tutorial videos are done by Scott lol.

[@faye_isc]

im not a programmer, im just browsing the field, i agree too with this statement

[@ryandaly3680]

That's what I couldn't put my finger on. He has a very Mr. Rogers vibe to him doesn't he? Totally a compliment. Loved that man.

[@brockbrumley2793]

@@Daysra Bob Tabor does a fantastic job explaining information in his C# tutorials. I'd say they're both my favorites when it comes to clear and concise explanation.

[@SHILLONGTEER8120]

Hi

[@ricardogilsimoes]

Me at minute 12: "Looking good so far!" ... then after that just got "What tha... Is that really C#!?!?" Completely overwhelmed!! Thanks Scott!

[@drudan8957]

Yeah, I still haven't gotten around to learning to use lamda fully. There is a lot you do there.

[@bonginhlanhlangema7125]

Looool Exactly!!!

[@digitig]

Give it time and the C# compiler will actually start accepting F# code. :)

[@rodolfozambrana330]

This is the most welcoming presentation to software development I’ve ever seen. If I was just starting it would wipe all fears

[@eliasdargham]

I didn't know Ryan Reynolds did programming videos on youtube.

[@ashishpawar2611]

🤣

[@boysen01]

"driving a stick" - brilliant. Joking aside, it is always great to see a master craftsman in action, picking up so many small tips here and there

[@fitonitube]

Master programmer and master in delivery/presenting as well. Please, dont think about retirement yet Scott, for we still need your mastery for much longer time.

[@ANDY-kp6bc]

I gotta say that this is pretty impressive… not only the way you explain things so clearly but also how simple you make it look like

[@thegenxgamerguy6562]

C# is a particularly fun language to use. 🙂 Also I'm so happy that I can create platform agnostic software with it. Write once, run everywhere. Using an ultra efficient, non-verbose multiparadigm language that takes functional programming as seriously as everything else. 10/10.

[@venkatagandi3156]

Scott, the quality stuff you teach is always important to the existing and upcoming devs around the world. Thank you for that.

[@ragequilt_]

I love these videos from Scott. It's got me back to being a full-time Windows user. All these videos remind me of what Ryan Bates did for Rails and Ruby with Railscasts. Also thanks for the great video on how to set up Windows Terminal on WSL2. Can't wait for more of the C# and .Net stuff.

[@ngck]

"You don't necessarily have to go looking for a library just because you want to leftpad a string" 🤣

[@LaLaShayShay]

THANK YOU! I've been looking at people trying to explain this in blogs and such for a bit and nothing really stuck with me. Your comparisons to node/express/npm really helped me understand what .Net is

[@alexkazz0]

It is funny how we want to come back to pre OOP times with simple functions. I love classes but the last few years I have been writing a lot static classes with static functions in C#, looking forward to do it in C# 9. Thanks for the preview! :)

[@JoeHamby]

I love that color in your home office. Looking for some pallets in mine, and really digging yours.

[@shanselman]

Thanks. It’s a Lifx Beam

[@just1689]

This was helpful. I did not quite understand everything that sat under the label .net

[@JoeBurnett]

I’m glad KZbin suggested this video and I found your channel. Subscribed, and looking forward to going back and watching your videos!

[@AiguretDuren]

Scott, thank you for taking the time. Awesome video!

[@DaveYostCom]

Also the awesome, nonlacking library documentation, with lots of great examples and the open, nonopaque bug reporting that actually gets visible results.

[@mxc_clips]

Thank you! Coming from web dev using javascript for front and backend, I had no idea what all this stuff was. C# vs .Net vs .Net Core vs ASP, etc etc.

[@SpeedyMechnic]

Had to stop at 6:40~, you're doing a great job! love the use of presentation software, and whatever you've done to your terminal I like that too. I've subscribed and will be checking out your videos. Thanks man

[@globalSchelmuffsky]

thanks! for the overview! will start learning C# now with your video tuts on the other channel. very excited!!!

[@rapchak2]

You are quite possibly the most skilled with the keyboard of anyone I can recall in recent memory. It's mesmerizing...

[@glitch481]

As some one who does not know the first thing about any programing at all, this demystified so many things for me. Ill be following for more!

[@t3r083]

This was awesome. I’m the typical coding boot camp alumni 5 years into this career and never knew any of this. Thank you❤

[@DataVids]

As a fellow creator and .Net + C# advocate, I can say your doing a great job.

[@InspiredStrangers]

This is a lovely and compact introduction. Thanks!

[@nasar1588]

Mind is absolutely blown by C# 9!!! Wow! Scott Hanselman got me excited about mvc about 10 years ago, here’s he doing it again!

[@reemontel8036]

Dude thank you for putting this out. I've really never understood what it was until this!

[@femi_alogba]

Beautiful breakdown.

[@mannybarnes2053]

Great Presentation Scott! I'm starting dotnet at work and your explanation just blew me away. Keep it up

[@alicem3415]

A big breakthrough in my understanding of .NET was when I stopped trying to find any semblance of meaning in the term .NET. "Is it a website ending in .net? Are the file extensions .net? Is it short for network? Is .net a reference to it being web based? Do I pronounce the .? Do I spell out the NET when I say it, N-E-T? Is NET an acronym?" All enormous mental roadblocks in my coming to understand .NET.

[@jamesallen74]

I can attest to the 101 videos Scott mentions at 18:15 , fantastic videos.

[@stana1980]

Best 18 mins on. Net which gives clear and straight forward answers. Thanks for the video

[@michaelwplde]

Nice synopsis. Great job.

[@ryanleemartin7758]

top notch overview, Mr Hanselman!

[@codinginflow]

Thank you, this clarified a lot of question I had

[@etereal05]

Great video.. been in .net since birth, this is the better explanation I've ever heard of the .NET ecosystem.

[@FrequencyModulator]

This is an amazing video. After being a .NET dev around 10 years, now I enjoy "driving the stick" as well.

[@saurabhshri]

Thank you Scott. This was super helpful.

[@alexwolf7171]

I've been working with .net for 10 years and watched this to learn how to better explain certain things - I learned that and some other new things as well!

[@rokatainment]

Awesome introduction for me as a java developer to understand all the surroundings. It helped me a lot.

[@jersonscott2437]

Great way to explain it, Scott... I've been a .net lover for over 10 years.

[@muddeo]

Fantastic, straightforward explanation.

[@andresnamm982]

Coming from Java and Python this was exactly what I needed. Thank You So Much!

[@chubbyshady]

As a nodejs Dev, really confused why KZbin suggested this to me but Def not complaining.. Really enjoyed this

[@gradientO]

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

[@the-name-is-max]

When I say C#9 I gasped. I am loving it!!!! Thank you for the video, I already loved c# and .NoT Framework, now I love it even more!!

[@igorperrotta6862]

Amazing explanation, answered all my questions. Thanks a lot!

[@astronaut4151]

such a nice video, you helped me sort some things out

[@Bfields544]

Very insightful. Thank you!

[@akshayaghera8123]

Just started in .NET world 6 months back, this is the best intro. .NET can have. Subscirbed. :)

[@nill2783]

Finally the video I’ve been looking for! Thank you 🙏

[@abdoulaye560]

I have been a .Net programmer for 2 years this is super helpful

[@j8ahmed]

Great video. It really helped me get a feel for the ecosystem. Also loved that you drove stick shift!

[@xxvxx6822]

Love this video, had to jump around until I found someone that actually broke it down thankyou!

[@harishdaggupati8292]

Your way of explaining things is simply superb.

[@mjkpolo7313]

incredibly concise and clear vid thx

[@danrlady]

GREAT video, Scott! Thank you.

[@hiimmike_r]

great video Scott thank you so much.

[@jaymartinez311]

That was a great video. The flow was great.

[@qweasdy-pc6ql]

Thx Scott! Was looking for a video like this! SUBSCRIBED!

[@GeekyMino]

Great video, I love the way you explain

[@victorcomposes]

As always Scott, Thank you, the best explanation of .NET...

[@mousecabbage7293]

Great presentation and overview. Well done.

[@madeyouclickwebdev]

This was an amazing explanation, thank you so much 👍

[@davidalangay1186]

Thanks for making this video. I've come across a few videos like this that help me in my understanding of C#, since I recently started a course in C# on LinkedIn Learning.

[@hkchandana]

Very explanatory video. I learned a lot. Thank you Scott.

[@L-E-son]

Whenever you say "hello friends", I FEEL that.

[@harshilgotu]

Thank you for providing a wonderful videos and made us explain wonderful new ecosystem . You are great . I still have your old red hardcover book which I used to refer during my college days

[@mikejackson4788]

Thank you for explanation. you do a great job explaining things

[@mAcCoLo666]

Top-notch exposition as usual 👍

[@spj2000]

great video Scott, thank you

[@maldonousky6532]

Appreciate the explanation but mostly I'm impressed by the control of the console, the presentation tools... wow

[@christiantrummer1246]

Fantastic overview!

[@imELVEE]

What a godlike explanation! Also, as a college student coming fresh off learning c++, that c# switch case lambda expression looks like witch-craft.

[@LoFiAxolotl]

.NET has always been very interesting to me.... very on par with java as being somewhere between top & low level languages and very accessible and just a great first environment to get started in getting used to C# back in the day from a C/C++ background was just a treat

[@mikitaziankouski1292]

Thank you very much for the clear explanations

[@svgsprite4942]

This was a super explanation. Thank you very much!

[@JorgePicco]

I have always admire your communication skills, but this time you went ASMR. Fantastic.

[@nakternal]

No that did not suck! The best explanation for a beginner have seen. Thank you, subscribed! I can sense this is a great channel for the way I learn.

[@MrBabadude]

Wow. I had no idea you could do all that with .NET. Thank you.

[@GerardoMares]

Another great video Scott! Keep them coming

[@ChrisBoot]

Certainly the best .net overview I've seen and I've seen a lot!

[@nelsonmestevao]

Amazing introduction and very welcoming! Thank you

[@vijaysaiisanengineer]

Thank you Scott 😊 Was always confused.

[@bramkevin1987]

I love the micro humour in your tutorial, makes it interesting

[@gggrow]

nice to find out a bit about this. relaxing voice 😌

[@anandkkpr]

EXCELLENT. Thank you SO MUCH for this very short but very useful explanation! I love the use of "equivalencies" with other programming languages (Java, Node/JS, etc). I wish more polyglottal developers would make more content like this to help experienced developers "cross-pollinate" from "ecosystem to ecosystem" (Java -> MS, TS/JS -> Java, etc - there are endless variations). So once again, THANK YOU! I needed a very fast intro because of a project I'm diving into and this helped immensely!

[@ryanmckenna2047]

Great video, explained everything really well, thanks!

[@rahuldeshmukhpatil]

Just an awesome explanation before diving into .NET or C#

[@MohedAtef]

10 years of .Net experience zipped in a wonderful video, thank you sir

[@afailable]

Stick shift vs automatic, great analogy

[@666sub]

Fantastic video Scott. Thanks.

[@ahatcho138]

Beautifully put.

[@frederickfreund1957]

Really good, clear and informative. Thank you very much!

[@vmamore]

Awesome as always, thanks Scott!

[@cboyslim5490]

im a student getting into dotnet for game modding on my own time. seems my practice with sql will serve me well here. great video

[@didierliango6402]

Amazing explanation. Thank you

[@sidzhang]

I have 0 experience of coding, as an system administrator. The dot.net/videos is so brilliant, I cannot find an introduction series that is better than this. Thanks Scott, you know EVERYTHING.