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Getting Started with C# 7

The releases of Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio for Mac introduced two spectacular new IDEs to develop mobile applications, cloud workloads, and introduced us to a world of powerful new C# features with the release of C# 7. I recently blogged about my favorite new feature, expression bodied members, and even recorded an entire podcast about how awesome C# 7 is. In this blog post, I'll show you how to get started with C# 7 and some features that you can take advantage of right away in your mobile apps.