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-title: Get Started with .NET
+title: Get started with .NET
 description: Lists various articles for getting started with .NET, both from a language and platform perspective.
 author: cartermp
 ms.author: mairaw
-ms.date: 05/01/2017
+ms.date: 01/21/2020
 ms.technology: dotnet-standard
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-# Get Started
+# Get started
 
-There are a number of ways to get started with .NET. Because .NET is a massive platform, there are multiple articles in this documentation which show how you can get started with .NET, each from a different perspective.
+There are a number of ways to get started with .NET. Because .NET is a massive platform, there are multiple articles in this documentation that can help you get started with .NET, each from a different perspective.
 
 ## Get started using .NET languages
 
-* The [C# Getting Started](../csharp/getting-started/index.md) articles and [C# Tutorials](../csharp/tutorials/index.md) provide a number of ways to get started in a C#-centric way.
+* The [C# getting started](../csharp/getting-started/index.md) articles and [C# tutorials](../csharp/tutorials/index.md) provide ways to get started in a C#-centric way.
 
-* The [F# Getting Started](../fsharp/get-started/index.md) tutorials provide three primary ways you can use F#: with Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, or command-line tools.
+* The [F# getting started](../fsharp/get-started/index.md) tutorials cover the three primary ways you can use F#: with Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, or command-line tools.
 
-* The [Visual Basic Getting Started](../visual-basic/getting-started/index.md) articles provide guides for using Visual Basic in Visual Studio.
+* The [Visual Basic getting started](../visual-basic/getting-started/index.md) articles provide guides for using Visual Basic in Visual Studio.
 
 ## Get started using .NET Core
 
-* [Getting Started with .NET Core](../core/get-started.md) provides an overview of articles which show how to get started with .NET Core on different operating systems and using different tools.
+* [Get started with .NET Core](../core/get-started.md) provides an overview of articles that show how to get started with .NET Core on different operating systems and using different tools.
 
-* The [.NET Core Tutorials](../core/tutorials/index.md) detail a number of ways you can get started with .NET Core using your operating system and tooling of choice.
+* The [.NET Core tutorials](../core/tutorials/index.md) detail ways you can get started with .NET Core using your operating system and tooling of choice.
+
+## Get started using .NET Standard
+
+* For an introductory tutorial, see [Build a .NET Standard library in Visual Studio](../core/tutorials/library-with-visual-studio.md).
 
 ## Get started using .NET Core on Docker
 

docs/standard/index.md

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-title: .NET Guide
-description: Learn about .NET.
+title: .NET guide
+description: Learn about .NET and .NET Standard.
 author: cartermp
-ms.date: 05/02/2017
+ms.date: 12/27/2019
 ms.technology: dotnet-standard
 ms.assetid: bbfe6465-329d-4982-869d-472e7ef85d93
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-# .NET Guide
+# .NET guide
 
-The .NET Guide provides a large amount of information about .NET.  Depending on your familiarity with .NET, you may wish to explore different sections of this guide and other sections of the .NET documentation.
+The .NET guide provides information about .NET. Depending on your familiarity with .NET, you may wish to explore different sections of this guide and other guides such as [.NET Core](../core/index.md) or [.NET Framework](../framework/index.md).
 
 ## New to .NET
 
-If you want a high-level overview about .NET, check out [What is .NET?](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/learn/dotnet/what-is-dotnet).
+If you want a high-level overview of .NET, see [What is .NET?](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/learn/dotnet/what-is-dotnet).
 
-If you're new to .NET, check out the [Get Started](get-started.md) article.
+If you're new to .NET, see [Get started](get-started.md).
 
-If you prefer to have a guided tour through major features of .NET, check out the [Tour of .NET](tour.md).
+If you prefer to have a guided tour through major features of .NET, see [Tour of .NET](tour.md).
 
-You can also read about [.NET Architectural Components](components.md) to get an overview of the various "pieces" of .NET and how they fit together.
+For an overview of the various pieces of .NET and how they fit together, see [.NET architectural components](components.md).
 
 ## New to .NET Core
 
-If you're new to .NET Core, check out [Get Started with .NET Core](../core/get-started.md).
+If you're new to .NET Core, check out [Get started with .NET Core](../core/get-started.md).
 
 ## New to .NET Standard
 
 If you're new to .NET Standard, check out [.NET Standard](net-standard.md).
 
-## Porting .NET Framework Code to .NET Core
+## Port .NET Framework code to .NET Standard or .NET Core
 
-If you're looking to port an application, service, or some component of a system to .NET Core, check out [Porting to .NET Core from .NET Framework](../core/porting/index.md).
+To port an application, service, component, or NuGet package to .NET Standard or .NET Core, see [Port to .NET Core from .NET Framework](../core/porting/index.md). Tooling for .NET Standard and .NET Core is shared, so the content is relevant for porting to both frameworks.
 
-## Porting a NuGet package from .NET Framework to .NET Standard or .NET Core
+## .NET concepts
 
-If you're looking to port a NuGet package to .NET Standard, check out [Porting to .NET Core from .NET Framework](../core/porting/index.md).  Tooling for .NET Standard and .NET Core are shared, so the content will be relevant for porting to .NET Standard as well as .NET Core.
+For more information about the major concepts of .NET, see:
 
-## Interested in Major .NET Concepts
-
-If you're interested in some of the major concepts of .NET, check out:
-
-* [.NET Architectural Components](components.md)
+* [.NET architectural components](components.md)
 * [.NET Standard](net-standard.md)
-* [Native Interoperability](native-interop/index.md)
-* [Garbage Collection](garbage-collection/index.md)
-* [Base Types in .NET](base-types/index.md)
+* [Native interoperability](native-interop/index.md)
+* [Garbage collection](garbage-collection/index.md)
+* [Base types in .NET](base-types/index.md)
 * [Collections](collections/index.md)
 * [Dates, times, and time zones](datetime/index.md)
-* [Asynchronous Programming](async.md)
+* [Asynchronous programming](async.md)
 
-Additionally, check out each language guide to learn about the three major .NET languages:
+For information about the three major .NET languages, see:
 
-* [C# Guide](../csharp/index.yml)
-* [F# Guide](../fsharp/index.yml)
-* [Visual Basic Guide](../visual-basic/index.yml)
+* [C# guide](../csharp/index.yml)
+* [F# guide](../fsharp/index.yml)
+* [Visual Basic guide](../visual-basic/index.yml)
 
-## API Reference
+## API reference
 
-Check out the [.NET API Reference](../../api/index.md) to see the breadth of APIs available.
+For detailed information about all of the APIs that are available in .NET, see [.NET API reference](../../api/index.md).