I'm new to .net
Hello, I have just entered the .net world, I started learning .net 6.0, but .net 8.0 is coming out, would I be making a mistake by learning 6.0?
P.NET 8 has been out for almost a year. There is absolutely no reason to specifically learn .NET 6 at this point
P.NET comes out with a new major version every november. Even releases (6, 8, 10) are long-term-support versions, while odd are short term.
JAlso 6 goes out of support in November.
ABut I enrolled in a course and they are teaching .net 6.0 there.
JNothing major has changed, there’s just new additions.
PSilly of them, but okay. There isnt much difference between 6 and 8 thou
JYou could probably do course verbatim on 8 and not notice a difference, tbh.
AThank you , This course will last until May. Will it be a problem if the 6.0 support ends?
Pnot for you
P99% of .net 6 codebases can be upgraded to 8 with no difficulties at all
Pit being out of support doesnt affect the language itself, only the ability to get bugfixes in .NET 6 released
AThank you , What exactly happens when support ends? Can't .net 6.0 be used anymore?
Pits just that bugs wont be fixed in the .NET 6 runtime, unless deemed critical
Pthe solution is simply to upgrade to .NET 8, which again is literally a single line changed in a single file, for most projects
JNot even critical bugs, afaik.
Ai.e. in .net 8.0 environment. Are you saying that I should code in net 6.0 syntax ?
Pthese are not two different languages
Pthey are the same, with very minor additions
J.net is the runtime, c# is the language
AI understand, thank you for everything
AI'm learning for backend. I'm a computer science student. Do you have any advice on how to learn .NET?
Pthe same way you learn every other programming language.
docs, exercies, then projects
docs, exercies, then projects
Plearn by doing, reinforce your learning by doing it more
Pdont skimp on the fundamentals, they must be solid
Pdont understimate the power of just practicing something in a tiny console app
AThank you. What are the job opportunities? Is there a possibility of being unemployed?
AI'm sorry I'm asking for everything, I really thank you.
FI don't think it was mentioned
FBut .NET doesn't have breaking changes
FIf they do, they definitely won't affect you
FYou can totally follow that tutorial, and instead do it in a .NET 8 project
FThe only think you should make sure is you don't follow tutorials that target .NET Framework. This version IS different. Don't confuse yourself too much with the reason why and just try avoiding it.
FYou can go as far back as .NET Core 3.0 before you will start finding breaking changes, I believe?
FThis was released in like 2018?
PC# is one of the top languages for businesses, so there are plenty of job opportunities. There is however ofc a possbility of being unemployed, the general state of the economy is pretty grim right now
FF.NET Core 1.0 was released in 2016
FI think you can even follow tutorials from that if you want, and not have many issues
FObviously this also requires any libraries to not change significantly
PI'd say .NET 5 or above
Pavoid .NET Core 1-2-3 materials, as it will be a bit too outdated
FYou're best off sticking as close as possible to the target version, obviously. But make sure you keep projects up to date to avoid any security issues
Pthe core language concepts are the same, but the BCL did change quite a bit since then
FRight
AI was afraid to start .net because I think it's always changing.
PThats a good thing
Pand also, the changes are generally very minor
Pbut the fact that C# and .NET changes yearly means its always keeping up with modern demands and trends. We get new language features and can write more ergonomic code
AYes, you are right, thank you to everyone who replied.
