The way that we consume information is constantly changing. More people are putting down physical books and picking up laptops or tablets. When learning to code, people are looking for more interactive experiences to really get that knowledge to sink in. In this episode, Maria Naggaga (@LadyNaggaga) joins Rich (@RunFaster2000) to talk about the Try .NET project, which allows people to experiment with and learn .NET in the browser. [00:48] - Maria and Rich talk about the various ways people are learning today[03:03] - Maria demos a quick start powered by Try .NET[05:58] - Maria shows Try .NET in it's raw form[07:28] - Maria talks about hosting options and future featuresIf you're interested in learning more or want to try out Try .NET, here are some links that should be helpful to you. C# Interactive Quick startTry .NET Online Editor.NET DocumentationTry .NET GitHub repository

Shayne Boyer (@spboyer) joins us to talk about running .NET Framework applications in Docker, and also gives us a demo of the Docker tooling available in Visual Studio 2017. [02:35] - Shayne adds Docker support to a WCF application[06:45] - Rich asks about the Docker files added to the project[09:10] - Shayne shows us what we can do with Docker support[13:10] - Rich talks about updating and patching containers[18:21] - RecapLinks Install Docker for WindowsUsing Visual Studio Tools for DockerVisual Studio Docker Tools on GitHub.NET Application Architecture

In this episode of On .NET, Peter Marcu (@PeterMarcu‏) joins Rich to talk about how to get started with coding for a Raspberry PI board using .NET Core. He shows us what's on the board, discusses some of the challenges, and even goes through a few code samples. [02:54] - Peter describes the components on the board[03:38] - What OSes run on Raspberry PI boards? [04:43] - Peter talks about some of the connectors and interfaces[06:39] - Peter walks us through some code samples[12:58] - Peter talks about the challenges of working with hardware[16:16] - How can you learn more ? Check out these links to the libraries and code samples talked about in this episode. Raspberry PI 3Wiring Pie.NET Core Raspberry Pi instructionsPeter's GitHub repo w/ .NET libraries and samples

In this second part of our discuss on the .NET Core 2.1 Roadmap, Scott Hunter, Richard Lander, Daniel Roth, and Andrew Peters return to go through demos of the new features. [00:43] Global tools[02:25] Windows Compatibility Pack for .NET Core[05:12] SignalR on ASP .NET Core[06:55] ASP .NET Core HTTPS and HSTS support[08:00] ASP .NET Core GDPR support[08:30] ASP .NET Core Identity UI[09:12] Improvements for building Web APIs[12:52] Managing HttpClient instances with HttpClientFactory[16:05] Lazy Loading in Entity Framework Core 2.1[18:52] CosmosDB support in Entity Framework Core 2.1[21:36] Estimated ScheduleFeel free to reach out to our guests on Twitter to ask them any questions. Scott Hunter @coolcshRichard Lander @RunFaster2000Daniel Roth @DanRoth27Andrew Peters @AnPete