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
3rd Edition
Published on 30. November 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
800 pages
978-1-78839-807-7 (ISBN)
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 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 DescriptionC# 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 forThis 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.
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 DescriptionC# 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 forThis 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.
More details
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 43 mm
Weight
1464 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78839-807-7 (9781788398077)
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Mark J. Price
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
E-Book
06/2024
3rd Edition
Packt Publishing Limited
€33.49
Available for download
Person
Mark J. Price is a Microsoft Specialist: Programming in C# and Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions, with over 20 years' 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 other MCTs up-to-speed on C# and .NET. Mark holds a Computer Science BSc. Hons. Degree.
Content
Table of Contents
Hello, C#! Welcome, .NET Core!
Part 1 + Speaking C#
Controlling Flow and Converting Types
Writing, Debugging, and Testing Functions
Building Your Own Types with Object-Oriented Programming
Implementing Interfaces and Inheriting Classes
Part 2 + Implementing Interfaces and Inheriting Classes
Understanding and Packaging .NET Standard Types
Using Common .NET Standard Types
Working with Files, Streams, and Serialization
Protecting Your Data and Applications
Working with Databases Using Entity Framework Core
Querying and Manipulating Data Using LINQ
Improving Performance and Scalability Using Multitasking
Part 3 + Building Web Sites Using ASP.NET Core Razor Pages
Building Web Sites Using ASP.NET Core MVC
Building Web Services and Applications Using ASP.NET Core
Building Windows Apps Using XAML and Fluent Design
Building Mobile Apps Using XAML and Xamarin.Forms
Summary + Answers to test your knowledge
Hello, C#! Welcome, .NET Core!
Part 1 + Speaking C#
Controlling Flow and Converting Types
Writing, Debugging, and Testing Functions
Building Your Own Types with Object-Oriented Programming
Implementing Interfaces and Inheriting Classes
Part 2 + Implementing Interfaces and Inheriting Classes
Understanding and Packaging .NET Standard Types
Using Common .NET Standard Types
Working with Files, Streams, and Serialization
Protecting Your Data and Applications
Working with Databases Using Entity Framework Core
Querying and Manipulating Data Using LINQ
Improving Performance and Scalability Using Multitasking
Part 3 + Building Web Sites Using ASP.NET Core Razor Pages
Building Web Sites Using ASP.NET Core MVC
Building Web Services and Applications Using ASP.NET Core
Building Windows Apps Using XAML and Fluent Design
Building Mobile Apps Using XAML and Xamarin.Forms
Summary + Answers to test your knowledge