Section 1: .NET Core and Cross-Platform Philosophy

.NET Core, .NET Standard, and Xamarin make up the cross-platform toolset for .NET developers. Using these sets of frameworks, developers are able to create applications for various platforms, including but not limited to, iOS, Android, and Universal Windows Platform, as well as IoT devices and Tizen. Understanding how these runtime and framework references work hand in hand and core concepts of cross-platform application will help you to better craft mobile projects.

The following chapters will be covered in this section:

• Chapter 1, Getting Started with .NET Core
• Chapter 2, Xamarin, Mono, and .NET Standard
• Chapter 3, Universal Windows Platform