C# 14 and .NET 10 - Modern Cross-Platform Development Fundamentals
Build modern websites and services with ASP.NET Core, Blazor, and EF Core using Visual Studio 2026
10th Edition
Published on 11. November 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
828 pages
978-1-83620-663-7 (ISBN)
Description
An easy-to-follow guide for beginners and intermediate programmers to master modern C# and .NET development through hands-on examples using Visual Studio 2026 and VS Code.
Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader
Key Features
Explore the newest additions to the C# language, the .NET class libraries, and data modeling with Entity Framework Core
Build professional modern websites and services with ASP.NET Core, Blazor, and Minimal API services
Enhance your skills with step-by-step code examples and good practice tips
Book DescriptionC# and .NET continue to power modern cross-platform and enterprise development. With the release of C# 14 and .NET 10, developers gain access to a more capable, efficient, and future-ready platform for building websites, services, and applications across Windows, Linux, and macOS.
This fully updated tenth edition takes a practical, hands-on approach. You'll start with core C# and object-oriented programming concepts, then progress through building, testing, and debugging applications while working with .NET libraries, filesystems, serialization, and LINQ. The book covers key C# 14 enhancements-such as field modifiers, partial events, and instance constructors, explained through real-world examples.
You'll also build modern web solutions using ASP.NET Core 10, Blazor, and Minimal APIs, including support for native AOT compilation, making this book well suited for cloud-native, microservice, and container-based development.
By the end of the book, you'll be confident in building maintainable, high-performance websites and services aligned with modern .NET development practices.What you will learn
Discover the new features in .NET 10, including the NumericOrdering option and OrderedDictionary enhancements
Leverage the latest ASP.NET Core 10 features, such as OpenAPI 3.1 document generation, YAML format support, and populating XML doc comments
Use native AOT publishing for faster startup and reduced memory footprint
Build rich web user interface experiences with Blazor
Integrate databases into your applications using EF Core 10 entity models
Query and manipulate data using LINQ
Develop powerful web services with Minimal APIs
Who this book is forThis book is for beginner-to-intermediate C# and .NET developers who want to build modern, cross-platform websites and services. Prior experience with C# or .NET is helpful but not required; a basic understanding of programming concepts is sufficient.
Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader
Key Features
Explore the newest additions to the C# language, the .NET class libraries, and data modeling with Entity Framework Core
Build professional modern websites and services with ASP.NET Core, Blazor, and Minimal API services
Enhance your skills with step-by-step code examples and good practice tips
Book DescriptionC# and .NET continue to power modern cross-platform and enterprise development. With the release of C# 14 and .NET 10, developers gain access to a more capable, efficient, and future-ready platform for building websites, services, and applications across Windows, Linux, and macOS.
This fully updated tenth edition takes a practical, hands-on approach. You'll start with core C# and object-oriented programming concepts, then progress through building, testing, and debugging applications while working with .NET libraries, filesystems, serialization, and LINQ. The book covers key C# 14 enhancements-such as field modifiers, partial events, and instance constructors, explained through real-world examples.
You'll also build modern web solutions using ASP.NET Core 10, Blazor, and Minimal APIs, including support for native AOT compilation, making this book well suited for cloud-native, microservice, and container-based development.
By the end of the book, you'll be confident in building maintainable, high-performance websites and services aligned with modern .NET development practices.What you will learn
Discover the new features in .NET 10, including the NumericOrdering option and OrderedDictionary enhancements
Leverage the latest ASP.NET Core 10 features, such as OpenAPI 3.1 document generation, YAML format support, and populating XML doc comments
Use native AOT publishing for faster startup and reduced memory footprint
Build rich web user interface experiences with Blazor
Integrate databases into your applications using EF Core 10 entity models
Query and manipulate data using LINQ
Develop powerful web services with Minimal APIs
Who this book is forThis book is for beginner-to-intermediate C# and .NET developers who want to build modern, cross-platform websites and services. Prior experience with C# or .NET is helpful but not required; a basic understanding of programming concepts is sufficient.
More details
Edition
10th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 45 mm
Weight
1514 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83620-663-7 (9781836206637)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Mark J. Price is a Microsoft Specialist: Programming in C# and Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions, with over 20 years of experience. Since 1993, he has passed more than 80 Microsoft programming exams and specializes in preparing others to pass them. Between 2001 and 2003, Mark was employed to write official courseware for Microsoft in Redmond, USA. His team wrote the first training courses for C# while it was still an early alpha version. While with Microsoft, he taught "train-the-trainer" classes to get Microsoft Certified Trainers up-to-speed on C# and .NET. Mark has spent most of his career training a wide variety of students, from 16-year-old apprentices to 70-year-old retirees, with the majority being professional developers. Mark holds a BSc in Computer Science.
Content
Table of Contents
Hello, C#! Welcome, .NET!
Speaking C#
Controlling Flow, Converting Types, and Handling Exceptions
Writing, Debugging, and Testing Functions
Building Your Own Types with Object-Oriented Programming
Implementing Interfaces and Inheriting Classes
Packaging and Distributing .NET Types
Working with Common .NET Types
Working with Files, Streams, and Serialization
Working with Data Using Entity Framework Core
Querying and Manipulating Data Using LINQ
Introducing Modern Web Development Using .NET
Building Websites Using ASP.NET Core
Building Interactive Web Components Using Blazor
Building and Consuming Web Services
Hello, C#! Welcome, .NET!
Speaking C#
Controlling Flow, Converting Types, and Handling Exceptions
Writing, Debugging, and Testing Functions
Building Your Own Types with Object-Oriented Programming
Implementing Interfaces and Inheriting Classes
Packaging and Distributing .NET Types
Working with Common .NET Types
Working with Files, Streams, and Serialization
Working with Data Using Entity Framework Core
Querying and Manipulating Data Using LINQ
Introducing Modern Web Development Using .NET
Building Websites Using ASP.NET Core
Building Interactive Web Components Using Blazor
Building and Consuming Web Services