To get the most out of this book

This book contains a large number of code examples, with the complete source code being available for download from GitHub. In order to run the code, you will need the following prerequisites:

• Visual Studio 2019
• Version 4.8 of the .NET Framework must be installed

If you do not already have these, they can both be downloaded and installed for free:

• Visual Studio Community 2019 can be downloaded from https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/.
• The latest version of the .NET Framework can be downloaded from https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-framework.