The DOT Net Core (Framework) consists of a vast library of prewritten and tested code. Most all of that code is available for use by modern Open Edge developers. Why struggle to write something of your own if it already exists and is free for the taking?

By a series of example code, we will look at how to interact with the framework and some of the challenges a developer is likely to encounter. Data types and moving structures around are a couple of important topics. We will also cover the confusing marketing naming conventions to hopefully clear the air on terms like .Net Framework, CORE and the like.

The key observation is that you do not need to be writing “GUI for Dot Net” code to access the Dot Net library. The library is accessible to most user interface models across a variety of operating systems, not just Windows.