> But no, you don't have to learn any of those things, you can just start learning C#. The problem for a beginner (on any language or platform) is you have to

> But no, you don't have to learn any of those things, you can just start learning C#. The problem for a beginner (on any language or platform) is you have to know what you don't need to know. You get overwhelmed with terminology just in the "create new project" dialog. Most of it is not relevant for a beginner, but as a beginner you don't even know what is relevant and what is irrelevant.