What is this?
It's the official home of .NET on GitHub - a starting-point repo that gathers links to .NET open-source projects, docs and release notes from Microsoft and the community.
It's the official home of .NET on GitHub - a starting-point repo that gathers links to .NET open-source projects, docs and release notes from Microsoft and the community.Is this the actual .NET runtime, or more of a directory?It's a link hub, not the product itself: the runtime and SDK live in dotnet/core, ASP.NET Core in dotnet/aspnetcore, the compiler in dotnet/roslyn. This repo just organizes the pointers.
It's a link hub, not the product itself: the runtime and SDK live in dotnet/core, ASP.NET Core in dotnet/aspnetcore, the compiler in dotnet/roslyn. This repo just organizes the pointers.If I hit a bug in .NET, can I file it here?No - the repo says so explicitly: it's not an official support location, so product issues go to the main project repos, though the maintainers respond here as best they can.
No - the repo says so explicitly: it's not an official support location, so product issues go to the main project repos, though the maintainers respond here as best they can.Where should someone new to .NET start?Follow the docs first: the main .NET docs are at dotnet/docs, then browse the Awesome .NET lists for libraries. The runtime and SDK themselves are in dotnet/core.
Follow the docs first: the main .NET docs are at dotnet/docs, then browse the Awesome .NET lists for libraries. The runtime and SDK themselves are in dotnet/core.Does it cover mobile development?Yes - it links .NET MAUI (dotnet/maui) plus Xamarin iOS + macOS, Xamarin Android and Xamarin.Forms, and the Mono Project.
Yes - it links .NET MAUI (dotnet/maui) plus Xamarin iOS + macOS, Xamarin Android and Xamarin.Forms, and the Mono Project.What are similar projects?awesome-dotnet, core, awesome-dotnet-core, csharplang, opensource.guide, swift-evolution, run, DotNetGuide
awesome-dotnet, core, awesome-dotnet-core, csharplang, opensource.guide, swift-evolution, run, DotNetGuideWhich topics is it in?dotnet-core, community, microsoft, dotnet, csharp, reference, guide, documentation, html, learning, list, curated-list
dotnet-core, community, microsoft, dotnet, csharp, reference, guide, documentation, html, learning, list, curated-list