Too Long; Didn't Read
Since, <a href="http://www.asp.net/vnext" target="_blank">ASP.NET vNext’s</a> <a href="https://dotnet.github.io/" target="_blank">open source</a> <a href="https://dotnet.github.io/" target="_blank">.NET core</a>’s <code class="markup--code markup--p-code"><a href="https://github.com/aspnet/Home/wiki/Roadmap" target="_blank">1.0.0</a></code><a href="https://github.com/aspnet/Home/wiki/Roadmap" target="_blank"> release is nearby</a>, I was trying to get my hands dirty with <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/net" target="_blank">.NET</a> <em>outside </em><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/windows" target="_blank"><em>Windows</em></a>.