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C# 7.1 and .NET Core 2.0 – Modern Cross-Platform Development

Create powerful applications with .NET Standard 2.0, ASP.NET Core 2.0, and Entity Framework Core 2.0, using Visual Studio 2017 or Visual Studio Code

Publisher:Packt Publishing Limited
By: Mark J. Price  
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|Dec 2017
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C# 7.1 and .NET Core 2.0 – Modern Cross-Platform Development, Third Edition is a practical guide to creating powerful cross-platform applications with C# 7 and .NET Core 2.0.

Key Features

  • Build modern, cross-platform applications with .NET Core 2.0
  • Get up to speed with C#, and up to date with all the latest features of C# 7.1
  • Start creating professional web applications with ASP.NET Core 2.0

Book Description

C# 7.1 and .NET Core 2.0 – Modern Cross-Platform Development, Third Edition, is a practical guide to creating powerful cross-platform applications with C# 7.1 and .NET Core 2.0. It gives readers of any experience level a solid foundation in C# and .NET. The first part of the book runs you through the basics of C#, as well as debugging functions and object-oriented programming, before taking a quick tour through the latest features of C# 7.1 such as default literals, tuples, inferred tuple names, pattern matching, out variables, and more.

After quickly taking you through C# and how .NET works, this book dives into the .NET Standard 2.0 class libraries, covering topics such as packaging and deploying your own libraries, and using common libraries for working with collections, performance, monitoring, serialization, files, databases, and encryption. The final section of the book demonstrates the major types of application that you can build and deploy cross-device and cross-platform. In this section, you'll learn about websites, web applications, web services, Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps, and mobile apps. 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.

What you will learn

  • Build cross-platform applications using C# 7.1 and .NET Core 2.0
  • Explore ASP.NET Core 2.0 and learn how to create professional websites, services, and applications
  • Improve your application s performance using multitasking
  • Use Entity Framework Core and LINQ to query and manipulate data
  • Master object-oriented programming with C# to increase code reuse and efficiency
  • Familiarize yourself with cross-device app development using the Universal Windows Platform
  • Protect and manage your files and data with encryption, streams, and serialization
  • Get started with mobile app development using Xamarin.Forms
  • Preview the nullable reference type feature of C# 8

Who this book is for

This book is targeted towards readers who have some prior programming experience or have a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) background, and want to gain a solid foundation with C# and to be introduced to the types of applications they could build and will work cross-platform on Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Table of Contents

  1. Hello, C#! Welcome, .NET Core!
  2. Part 1 + Speaking C#
  3. Controlling Flow and Converting Types
  4. Writing, Debugging, and Testing Functions
  5. Building Your Own Types with Object-Oriented Programming
  6. Implementing Interfaces and Inheriting Classes
  7. Part 2 + Implementing Interfaces and Inheriting Classes
  8. Understanding and Packaging .NET Standard Types
  9. Using Common .NET Standard Types
  10. Working with Files, Streams, and Serialization
  11. Protecting Your Data and Applications
  12. Working with Databases Using Entity Framework Core
  13. Querying and Manipulating Data Using LINQ
  14. Improving Performance and Scalability Using Multitasking
  15. Part 3 + Building Web Sites Using ASP.NET Core Razor Pages
  16. Building Web Sites Using ASP.NET Core MVC
  17. Building Web Services and Applications Using ASP.NET Core
  18. Building Windows Apps Using XAML and Fluent Design
  19. Building Mobile Apps Using XAML and Xamarin.Forms
  20. Summary + Answers to test your knowledge
https://github.com/PacktPublishing/CSharp-7.1-and-.NET-Core-2.0-Modern-Cross-Platform-Development-Third-Edition
PDF ISBN: 978-1-78847-869-4
Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
Copyright owner: © 2017 Packt Publishing Limited
Publication date: 2017
Language: English
Pages: 800
Related subjects:
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