Intro to .NET 8 & C# — Workshop

Welcome! This hands-on workshop takes you from your first C# console program to building a minimal Web API (and an Blazor Server demo).

Prereqs

• .NET 8 SDK installed (Windows/macOS/Linux)
• VS Code (C# Dev Kit) or Visual Studio 2022
• (Optional) Postman or curl for API testing

Structure

dotnet-workshop/
├── setup/                     # OS-specific setup guides
├── 1-hello-world/             # Basics & C# syntax
├── 2-oop-basics/              # Classes, encapsulation, methods
├── 3-linq-and-collections/    # Lists, LINQ querying
├── 4-webapi/                  # Minimal REST API
└── 5-blazor-demo/             # Blazor Server demo

Quickstart

Open any folder and run:

dotnet restore
dotnet run

Building your first project

dotnet new console -n MyApp
cd MyApp
dotnet run

Recommended order

1. 1-hello-world
2. 2-oop-basics
3. 3-linq-and-collections
4. 4-webapi
5. 5-blazor-demo (optional)