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C# 9 and .NET 5 – Modern Cross-Platform Development - Fifth Edition

By : Mark J. Price
Book Image

C# 9 and .NET 5 – Modern Cross-Platform Development - Fifth Edition

By: Mark J. Price

Overview of this book

In C# 9 and .NET 5 – Modern Cross-Platform Development, Fifth Edition, expert teacher Mark J. Price gives you everything you need to start programming C# applications. This latest edition uses the popular Visual Studio Code editor to work across all major operating systems. It is fully updated and expanded with a new chapter on the Microsoft Blazor framework. The book’s first part teaches the fundamentals of C#, including object-oriented programming and new C# 9 features such as top-level programs, target-typed new object instantiation, and immutable types using the record keyword. Part 2 covers the .NET APIs, for performing tasks like managing and querying data, monitoring and improving performance, and working with the file system, async streams, serialization, and encryption. Part 3 provides examples of cross-platform apps you can build and deploy, such as websites and services using ASP.NET Core or mobile apps using Xamarin.Forms. The best type of application for learning the C# language constructs and many of the .NET libraries is one that does not distract with unnecessary application code. For that reason, the C# and .NET topics covered in Chapters 1 to 13 feature console applications. In Chapters 14 to 20, having mastered the basics of the language and libraries, you will build practical applications using ASP.NET Core, Model-View-Controller (MVC), and Blazor. By the end of the book, you will have acquired the understanding and skills you need to use C# 9 and .NET 5 to create websites, services, and mobile apps.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
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Index

Using multiple threads with parallel LINQ

By default, only one thread is used to execute a LINQ query. Parallel LINQ (PLINQ) is an easy way to enable multiple threads to execute a LINQ query.

Good Practice: Do not assume that using parallel threads will improve the performance of your applications. Always measure real-world timings and resource usage.

Creating an app that benefits from multiple threads

To see it in action, we will start with some code that only uses a single thread to square 2 billion integers. We will use the StopWatch type to measure the change in performance.

We will use operating system tools to monitor CPU and CPU core usage. If you do not have multiple CPUs or at least multiple cores, then this exercise won't show much!

  1. Create a new console application project named LinqInParallel, add it to the workspace for this chapter, and select the project as active for OmniSharp.
  2. Import the System.Diagnostics namespace...