Freshness pass for dotnet tutorials

[meaghanlewis]

Summary

This pull request updates several .NET tutorial documentation files to improve clarity, consistency, and formatting. The changes include refining instructional language, updating prerequisite sections, correcting grammar, and standardizing step numbering. Additionally, metadata such as dates and AI usage attribution have been updated across multiple files.

Documentation improvements and clarification:

• Refined instructional language throughout tutorials, including changing phrases like "you'll learn how to" to "you learn how to," and simplifying descriptions to improve readability in files such as cli-templates-create-item-template.md, cli-templates-create-project-template.md, and cli-templates-create-template-package.md. [1] [2] [3]
• Improved grammar and clarity in step-by-step instructions, such as updating step numbering from "01." to "1." and rephrasing sentences for directness and simplicity. [1] [2]

Metadata and attribution updates:

• Updated the ms.date field to "10/23/2025" and added ai-usage: ai-assisted attribution in documentation files to reflect current editorial standards. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Consistency and formatting:

• Standardized prerequisite sections by removing unnecessary indentation, bullet points, and improving sentence structure for clarity in multiple tutorials. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
• Improved grammar and wording in various places, such as using "that's your preferred experience" instead of "that is your preferred experience," and clarifying references to related guides. [1] [2] [3]

These changes collectively enhance the overall quality and consistency of the .NET tutorial documentation.

Fixes #48755

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📄 File	🔗 Preview link
docs/core/tutorials/cli-templates-create-item-template.md	Tutorial: Create an item template
docs/core/tutorials/cli-templates-create-project-template.md	Create a project template for dotnet new
docs/core/tutorials/cli-templates-create-template-package.md	Tutorial: Create a template package
docs/core/tutorials/creating-app-with-plugin-support.md	docs/core/tutorials/creating-app-with-plugin-support
docs/core/tutorials/debugging-with-visual-studio-code.md	Tutorial: Debug a .NET console application using Visual Studio Code
docs/core/tutorials/debugging-with-visual-studio.md	Debug a .NET console application using Visual Studio
docs/core/tutorials/index.md	Learn .NET and the .NET SDK tools by exploring these tutorials
docs/core/tutorials/libraries.md	docs/core/tutorials/libraries
docs/core/tutorials/library-with-visual-studio.md	Tutorial: Create a .NET class library using Visual Studio
docs/core/tutorials/netcore-hosting.md	Write a custom .NET runtime host
docs/core/tutorials/publishing-with-visual-studio.md	Tutorial: Publish a .NET console application using Visual Studio
docs/core/tutorials/testing-library-with-visual-studio-code.md	docs/core/tutorials/testing-library-with-visual-studio-code
docs/core/tutorials/testing-library-with-visual-studio.md	Tutorial: Test a .NET class library with .NET using Visual Studio
docs/core/tutorials/testing-with-cli.md	Organizing and testing projects with the .NET CLI

[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

This pull request standardizes and modernizes documentation across .NET tutorial files. The changes update metadata to reflect AI assistance, improve prerequisite formatting, refine instructional language for clarity, and modernize code examples to use current C# syntax.

Key changes include:

• Standardization of metadata with updated dates and AI usage attribution
• Prerequisite section formatting improvements for better readability
• Simplification of instructional language throughout tutorials

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 17 out of 17 changed files in this pull request and generated 5 comments.

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File	Description
cli-templates-create-item-template.md	Updated metadata, improved prerequisites formatting, refined instructional language, and standardized step numbering
cli-templates-create-project-template.md	Added AI usage metadata, reformatted prerequisites, and simplified instructional phrases
cli-templates-create-template-package.md	Updated dates and AI attribution, improved prerequisites formatting, and refined step numbering
creating-app-with-plugin-support.md	Modernized code with C# features like pattern matching and simplified path construction
debugging-with-visual-studio-code.md	Updated metadata and reformatted prerequisites section
debugging-with-visual-studio.md	Added AI usage metadata and improved prerequisites formatting
index.md	Updated date metadata and added AI usage attribution
libraries.md	Added AI usage metadata and improved sentence clarity
library-with-visual-studio.md	Updated metadata and refined instructional language
netcore-hosting.md	Added AI usage metadata and simplified prerequisite language
publishing-with-visual-studio.md	Updated metadata and reformatted prerequisites section
testing-library-with-visual-studio-code.md	Added AI usage metadata and improved prerequisites formatting
testing-library-with-visual-studio.md	Comprehensive updates including metadata, prerequisites, grammar improvements, and language simplification
testing-with-cli.md	Updated metadata and improved grammar in hypothetical scenario
StringLibraryTestNet8/UnitTest1.cs	Modernized C# syntax with collection expressions, string interpolation, and removed file-scoped namespace braces
StringLibraryTest/UnitTest1.cs	Modernized C# syntax with collection expressions, string interpolation, and removed file-scoped namespace braces
StringLibrary/Class1.cs	Simplified code by removing unnecessary variable and namespace braces

[BillWagner]

This LGTM @meaghanlewis

I had one small suggestion, and noted that a number of Copilot's comments seem incorrect.