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Tools and Skills for .NET 8

Tools and Skills for .NET 8

By : Mark J. Price
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Tools and Skills for .NET 8

Tools and Skills for .NET 8

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By: Mark J. Price
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Overview of this book

Unlock the full potential of .NET development with Tools and Skills for .NET 8. Dive into source code management using Git and learn how to navigate projects while ensuring version control. Discover advanced debugging techniques and troubleshooting strategies to identify and resolve issues, and gain practical insights on documenting your code, APIs, and services, fostering project clarity and maintainability. Delve into the world of cryptography, ensuring confidentiality and integrity throughout your development lifecycle. Elevate your skills as you explore cutting-edge topics such as building intelligent apps using custom LLM-based chat services, mastering dependency injection, optimizing performance through testing, and Docker containerization. Harness the power of cloud-native development with .NET Aspire, unlocking the benefits of modern cloud platforms. With guidance on software architecture best practices, this book empowers you to build robust, scalable and maintainable applications. Advance your career with invaluable insights on job readiness and interview preparation, positioning yourself as a top-tier candidate in today's competitive job market. Whether you're a seasoned .NET professional or an aspiring developer looking to enhance your skills, this book is your ultimate companion on the journey to .NET mastery.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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Where to find the code solutions
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What this book covers
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Introducing Tools and Skills for .NET
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Introducing Tools and Skills for .NET
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Introducing this book and its contents
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Setting up your development environment
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Making good use of the GitHub repository for this book
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Where to go for help
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Setting up a database and projects for this book
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Using .NET 9 with this book
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Practicing and exploring
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Summary
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Making the Most of the Tools in Your Code Editor
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Making the Most of the Tools in Your Code Editor
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Introducing common tools and features
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Tools in Visual Studio 2022
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Tools in Visual Studio Code
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Decompiling .NET assemblies
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Custom project and item templates
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Source Code Management Using Git
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Source Code Management Using Git
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Introducing source code management
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Introducing Git
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Working with Git
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Reviewing Git repositories
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Managing remote repositories
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Branching and merging
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Debugging and Memory Troubleshooting
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Debugging and Memory Troubleshooting
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Debugging strategies
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Interactive debugging with Visual Studio
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Understanding stack and heap memory
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Tools and skills for memory troubleshooting
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Logging, Tracing, and Metrics for Observability
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Logging, Tracing, and Metrics for Observability
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Logging and tracing in .NET
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Building a web service for logging
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Monitoring with metrics in .NET
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Introducing OpenTelemetry
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Practicing and exploring
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Documenting Your Code, APIs, and Services
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Documenting Your Code, APIs, and Services
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Introducing documentation
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Documenting your source code
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Documenting public APIs in class libraries
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Documenting services
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Documenting visually with Mermaid diagrams
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Observing and Modifying Code Execution Dynamically
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Observing and Modifying Code Execution Dynamically
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Working with reflection and attributes
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Working with expression trees
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Creating source generators
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Protecting Data and Apps Using Cryptography
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Protecting Data and Apps Using Cryptography
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Understanding the vocabulary of protection
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Encrypting and decrypting data
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Hashing data
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Signing data
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Generating random numbers for cryptography
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Authenticating and authorizing users
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What’s coming in .NET 9
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Building an LLM-Based Chat Service
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Building an LLM-Based Chat Service
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Introducing LLMs
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Using Semantic Kernel with an OpenAI model
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Running local LLMs
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Dependency Injection, Containers, and Service Lifetime
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Dependency Injection, Containers, and Service Lifetime
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Introducing dependency injection
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Implementing .NET Generic Host
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DI with ASP.NET Core
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Unit Testing and Mocking
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Unit Testing and Mocking
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Introducing all types of testing
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Pros and cons of test-driven development
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Unit testing
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Mocking in tests
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Making fluent assertions in unit testing
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Generating fake data with Bogus
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Integration and Security Testing
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Integration and Security Testing
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Basics of integration testing
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Integration testing with data stores
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Testing services using dev tunnels
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Introducing security testing
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Benchmarking Performance, Load, and Stress Testing
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Benchmarking Performance, Load, and Stress Testing
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Benchmarking performance
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BenchmarkDotNet for benchmarking performance
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Load and stress testing
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Bombardier – a fast cross-platform HTTP benchmarking tool
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NBomber – a load testing framework
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Functional and End-to-End Testing of Websites and Services
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Functional and End-to-End Testing of Websites and Services
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Understanding functional and end-to-end testing
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Testing web user interfaces using Playwright
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Interacting with a web user interface
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Generating tests with the Playwright Inspector
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Testing web services using xUnit
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Containerization Using Docker
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Containerization Using Docker
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Introducing containerization
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Docker concepts
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Managing containers with Docker
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Containerizing your own .NET projects
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Working with test containers
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Cloud-Native Development Using .NET Aspire
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Cloud-Native Development Using .NET Aspire
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Introducing Aspire
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Exploring the Aspire starter template
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Deeper into Aspire
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Aspire for new and existing solutions
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Design Patterns and Principles
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Design Patterns and Principles
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SOLID principles
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Design patterns
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Design principles
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Algorithms and data structures
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Software and Solution Architecture Foundations
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Software and Solution Architecture Foundations
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Introducing software and solution architecture
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Uncle Bob’s Clean Architecture
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Diagramming design using Mermaid
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Your Career, Teamwork, and Interviews
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Your Career, Teamwork, and Interviews
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Working on a development team
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Applying for a job
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Sample interview questions
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Epilogue
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Epilogue
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Next steps on your .NET learning journey
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Companion books to continue your learning journey
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Packt books to take your learning further
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Good luck!
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Index

Practicing and exploring

Test your knowledge and understanding by answering some questions, getting some hands-on practice, and exploring with deeper research the topics in this chapter.

Exercise 1.1 – Online-only material

Make sure that you are ready to use multiple code editors. Chapter 1 of the C# 12 and .NET 8 - Modern Cross-Platform Development Fundamentals book has online sections showing how to get started with multiple projects using various code editors including Visual Studio, Code, or Rider.

You can read the sections at the following link: https://github.com/markjprice/cs12dotnet8/blob/main/docs/code-editors/README.md.

Exercise 1.2 – Practice exercises

If you do not yet have an OpenAI ChatGPT account, sign up for one and try asking it some questions: https://chat.openai.com/.

Exercise 1.3 – Test your knowledge

To get the best answer to some of these questions, you will need to do your own research. I want you to “think outside the book,” so I have deliberately not provided all the answers in the book.

I want to encourage you to get into the good habit of looking for help elsewhere, following the principle of “teach a person to fish.”

  1. How are .NET developers who choose to use Rider perceived compared to developers who have only ever used Visual Studio?
  2. What is a key phrase to use when prompt engineering ChatGPT?
  3. When you ask a question in a forum or Discord channel, what should you keep in mind?
  4. After its release in November 2024, you download and install .NET 9 SDK. How can you configure your projects to continue to target .NET 8 for long-term support and also enjoy the benefits of the C# 13 compiler?
  5. What is the GitHub repository for this book used for?

Appendix, Answers to the Test Your Knowledge Questions, is available to download from the following link: https://packt.link/isUsj.

Exercise 1.4 – Explore topics

Use the links on the following page to learn more about the topics covered in this chapter: https://github.com/markjprice/tools-skills-net8/blob/main/docs/book-links.md#chapter-1---introducing-tools-and-skills-for-net.

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