Knowing nothing about your knowledge does not help ;-)
If you know Java, C# should be easy. If you know Javascript, perhaps looking at Cordova or Nativescript might be better...

>It looks like the xamarin-for-absolute-beginners assumes that the user knows c# which I don't. I am looking at this now https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa288436(v=vs.71).aspx.
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>Any other suggestions would be helpful.
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>Thanks Craig.
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>>Anything on Xamarin.
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>>There is also this free course from Microsoft Virtual Academy. https://mva.microsoft.com/en-US/training-courses/xamarin-for-absolute-beginners-16182
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>>And this free book https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/microsoft_press/2016/03/31/free-ebook-creating-mobile-apps-with-xamarin-forms/
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>>>I am looking at some mobile apps to build and since Xamarin is now free, I am thinking that I should take a look at .net. The problem is .net is so big and I really have no idea where to start. My apps are going to consume APIs so there is no database interaction and I there will be no web ui. I have a Pluralsight subscription so what would be the best section to start with?
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>>>Any Advice would be appreciated.