Derek, this would not be your best choice for an introduction to .NET and ASP.NET, so your confusion is understandable. This session is an introduction to what is new in the fifth generation of the latter of those technologies, so without knowing what's come before that would be a difficult story. Why don't you try the Getting Started section of https://www.asp.net/, or perhaps the Learn | MVC section if you are interested in the MVC pattern.
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Introducing ASP.NET 5
Derek, this would not be your best choice for an introduction to .NET and ASP.NET, so your confusion is understandable. This session is an introduction to what is new in the fifth generation of the latter of those technologies, so without knowing what's come before that would be a difficult story. Why don't you try the Getting Started section of https://www.asp.net/, or perhaps the Learn | MVC section if you are interested in the MVC pattern.
Whirlwind 5: What's new in C# 3 - Automatically Implemented Properties, Type Inference, Initializer
There's also an erratum for the collection initilizer shown at 8:55.
Whirlwind 4: What's new is C# 2 - Accessors, Static Classes, Nullable Types
http://visualstuart.net/blog/2008/03/26/Whirlwind4OnCAccessorVisibilityStaticClassesAndNullableTypes.aspx
Whirlwind 3: What's new in C# 2 - Partial types, anonymous methods
Resources for partial types and anonymous methods are posted on my blog: http://visualstuart.net/blog/2008/03/24/Whirlwind3OnCPartialTypesAndAnonymousMethods.aspx
Whirlwind 2: What's new in C# 2 - Iterators
Whirlwind 1: What's new in C# 2 - Generics