MetadataDumper

Dump .NET metadata information into CSV files. Each metadata table saved to separate CSV file.

Usage

dotnet run "C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App\8.0.4\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Abstractions.dll" Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Abstractions

Collect statistcis about words from .NET distribution

.\summary.ps1

Dotnet API analysis

• Core .NET consists of unique 6,757 words or abbreviations, or typos. 676,627 usages of these words across APIs
• Core and Web related .NET consists of unique 7,366 words or abbreviations, or typos. 962,663 usages of these words across APIs
• Core .NET consists of unique 11,467 words or abbreviations, or typos. 1,881,143 usages of these words across APIs

Same in tabular data

.NET variant	Words	Usages
Core	6,757	676,627
ASP.NET Core	7,366	962,663
With Desktop	11,467	1,881,143

API Comprehension

Let's say your English is A1, and for simpliciy assume that all words you are know are from the subset used by .NET

Take number from this answer https://languagelearning.stackexchange.com/questions/3061/what-are-estimates-of-vocabulary-size-for-each-cefr-level about possible A1 vocabulary sizes: 300, 600, 1500

Let's build what % of API can be comprehensible for person which know meaning of some words.

Core API

Vocabulary size	% of API surface comprehensible
50	36%
100	48%
108	50%
300	70%
383	75%
600	82%
1500	94%

As you can see, if you choose 50 words wisely, you can already understand 36% of APIs in basic C#, assuming obviously that you understand programming concepts already. And if you choose 108 words, you can read 50% of API surface.

ASP.NET Core

Vocabulary size	% of API surface comprehensible
50	35%
100	47%
112	50%
300	70%
384	75%
600	82%
1500	94%

With Desktop

Vocabulary size	% of API surface comprehensible
50	33%
100	44%
138	50%
300	65%
486	75%
600	78%
1500	91%

References

• https://download.wikdict.com/dictionaries/sqlite/2_2024-03/