Learn C# with CSharpFritz - Ep 1: Types, Type Conversion, and C# Language Syntax

In this first episode of C# with CSharpFritz, Jeff introduces himself and our series of beginner friendly live streams talking about and teaching how to get started with C# and .NET development. This episode focuses on declaring variables, using types, and converting between those types.

Interactive Notebook at: https://aka.ms/csharpfritz_notebooks_...

Questions:
0:03:00 - You're learning C# from the right guy, they named the language after him!
0:10:25 - I didn't know C# was still relevant...
0:21:50 - What's the difference between mono and .NET?
0:24:41 - How is the .NET support in Linux?
0:26:07 - What are the pre-requisites to learn C#?
0:48:42 - Why isn't C# compiled to native code directly, instead of requiring a runtime?
1:04:29 - When 'var' is used, does it behave like a global variable in JavaScript?
1:08:03 - Do you recommend using 'var' to declare variables?
1:31:32 - Is the decimal 30.0 equal to the integer 30?
1:36:05 - What's the difference between a decimal, double, and a float?
1:42:41 - Is there something like 'Now' to get the current Date in C#?
1:44:14 - Are there features to help convert between time zones?

Background Music is Harris Heller's Streambeats - Synthwave playlist, available royalty free at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2gj...
Source code and interactive content from the stream are available at: https://github.com/csharpfritz/csharp...
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