C# 7 and .NET Core: Modern Cross-Platform Development
C# 7 and .NET Core: Modern Cross-Platform Development
Overview of this book
If you want to build powerful cross-platform applications with C# 7 and .NET Core, then this book is for you.
First, we’ll run you through the basics of C#, as well as object-oriented programming, before taking a quick tour through the latest features of C# 7 such as tuples, pattern matching, out variables, and so on.
After quickly taking you through C# and how .NET works, we’ll dive into the .NET Standard 1.6 class libraries, covering topics such as performance, monitoring, debugging, serialization and encryption.
The final section will demonstrate the major types of application that you can build and deploy cross-device and cross-platform. In this section, we’ll cover Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps, web applications, mobile apps, and web services. Lastly, we’ll look at how you can package and deploy your applications so that they can be hosted on all of today’s most popular platforms, including Linux and Docker.
By the end of the book, you’ll be armed with all the knowledge you need to build modern, cross-platform applications using C# and .NET Core.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Preface
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1. Hello, C#! Welcome, .NET Core!
2. Speaking C#
3. Controlling the Flow, Converting Types, and Handling Exceptions
4. Using .NET Standard Types
5. Debugging, Monitoring, and Testing
6. Building Your Own Types with Object-Oriented Programming
7. Implementing Interfaces and Inheriting Classes
8. Working with Databases Using the Entity Framework Core
9. Querying and Manipulating Data with LINQ
10. Working with Files, Streams, and Serialization
11. Protecting Your Data
12. Improving Performance and Scalability with Multitasking
13. Building Universal Windows Platform Apps Using XAML
14. Building Web Applications Using ASP.NET Core MVC
15. Building Mobile Apps Using Xamarin.Forms and ASP.NET Core Web API
16. Packaging and Deploying Your Code Cross-Platform
A. Answers to the Test Your Knowledge Questions
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