An Introduction to .NET Core on Linux & Docker
Tod Thomson
http://linux.conf.au/schedule/present...
["Microsoft ♥ Linux"](http://arstechnica.com/information-te...) is not generally something one expects to hear, but we should not be surprised as ["nearly 1 in 3 Azure virtual machines are Linux"](http://news.microsoft.com/bythenumber.... The Microsoft of old is gone (dead and buried) and "from the ashes" a new Microsoft has emerged, one embracing both FOSS and Linux as first-class citizens. Enter [.NET Core](https://www.microsoft.com/net/core/pl...) a "ground up" rewrite of Microsoft .NET which is 100% open source and cross-platform.
In this tutorial we will show you how to get up and running with .NET Core and [ASP.NET Core](https://docs.asp.net/en/latest/) on your Linux distribution of choice. We will introduce you to the [`dotnet`](https://github.com/dotnet/cli) CLI, self-hosting web applications and APIs with the [Kestrel HTTP Server]( https://github.com/aspnet/KestrelHttp...) (based on [libuv](http://libuv.org)) and then running everything inside OS level virtualisation via [Docker](https://www.docker.com). We will also introduce to you [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com) a new open-source, cross-platform IDE built on top of [Electron](http://electron.atom.io).
By the end of the tutorial you’ll have the tools you need to build your next application with the .NET Core ecosystem.