
C# 8.0 and .NET Core 3.0 - Modern Cross-Platform Development
Build applications with C#, .NET Core, Entity Framework Core, ASP.NET Core, and ML.NET using Visual Studio Code
Mark J. Price(Author)
Packt Publishing
4th Edition
Published on 31. October 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
818 pages
978-1-78847-812-0 (ISBN)
Description
Publisher\'s Note: Microsoft stops supporting .NET Core 3.1 in December 2022. The newer 7th edition of this book is available that covers .NET 7 (end-of-life May 2024) or .NET 6 (end-of-life November 2024), with C# 11 and EF Core 7.
Key Features
Build modern, cross-platform applications with .NET Core 3.0
Get up to speed with C#, and up to date with all the latest features of C# 8.0
Start creating professional web applications with ASP.NET Core 3.0
Book DescriptionIn C# 8.0 and .NET Core 3.0 - Modern Cross-Platform Development, Fourth 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 new chapters on Content Management Systems (CMS) and machine learning with ML.NET.
The book covers all the topics you need. Part 1 teaches the fundamentals of C#, including object-oriented programming, and new C# 8.0 features such as nullable reference types, simplified switch pattern matching, and default interface methods. Part 2 covers the .NET Standard APIs, such as managing and querying data, monitoring and improving performance, working with the filesystem, async streams, serialization, and encryption. Part 3 provides examples of cross-platform applications you can build and deploy, such as web apps using ASP.NET Core or mobile apps using Xamarin.Forms. The book introduces three technologies for building Windows desktop applications including Windows Forms, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), and Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps, as well as web applications, web services, and mobile apps.What you will learn
Build cross-platform applications for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android
Explore application development with C# 8.0 and .NET Core 3.0
Explore ASP.NET Core 3.0 and create professional web applications
Learn object-oriented programming and C# multitasking
Query and manipulate data using LINQ
Use Entity Framework Core and work with relational databases
Discover Windows app development using the Universal Windows Platform and XAML
Build mobile applications for iOS and Android using Xamarin.Forms
Who this book is forReaders with some prior programming experience or with a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) background, who want to gain a solid foundation with C# 8.0 and .NET Core 3.0.
Key Features
Build modern, cross-platform applications with .NET Core 3.0
Get up to speed with C#, and up to date with all the latest features of C# 8.0
Start creating professional web applications with ASP.NET Core 3.0
Book DescriptionIn C# 8.0 and .NET Core 3.0 - Modern Cross-Platform Development, Fourth 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 new chapters on Content Management Systems (CMS) and machine learning with ML.NET.
The book covers all the topics you need. Part 1 teaches the fundamentals of C#, including object-oriented programming, and new C# 8.0 features such as nullable reference types, simplified switch pattern matching, and default interface methods. Part 2 covers the .NET Standard APIs, such as managing and querying data, monitoring and improving performance, working with the filesystem, async streams, serialization, and encryption. Part 3 provides examples of cross-platform applications you can build and deploy, such as web apps using ASP.NET Core or mobile apps using Xamarin.Forms. The book introduces three technologies for building Windows desktop applications including Windows Forms, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), and Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps, as well as web applications, web services, and mobile apps.What you will learn
Build cross-platform applications for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android
Explore application development with C# 8.0 and .NET Core 3.0
Explore ASP.NET Core 3.0 and create professional web applications
Learn object-oriented programming and C# multitasking
Query and manipulate data using LINQ
Use Entity Framework Core and work with relational databases
Discover Windows app development using the Universal Windows Platform and XAML
Build mobile applications for iOS and Android using Xamarin.Forms
Who this book is forReaders with some prior programming experience or with a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) background, who want to gain a solid foundation with C# 8.0 and .NET Core 3.0.
More details
Edition
4th 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: 44 mm
Weight
1496 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78847-812-0 (9781788478120)
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C# 8.0 and .NET Core 3.0 - Modern Cross-Platform Development
Build applications with C#, .NET Core, Entity Framework Core, ASP.NET Core, and ML.NET using Visual Studio Code
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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 and Converting Types
Writing, Debugging, and Testing Functions
Building Your Own Types with Object-Oriented Programming
Implementing Interfaces and Inheriting Classes
Understanding and Packaging .NET Types
Working with Common .NET 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
Practical Applications of C# and .NET
Building Websites Using ASP.NET Core Razor Pages
Building Websites Using the Model-View-Controller Pattern
Building Websites Using a Content Management System
Building and Consuming Web Services
Building Intelligent Apps Using Machine Learning
Building Windows Desktop Apps
Building Cross-Platform Mobile Apps Using Xamarin.Forms
Appendix (Bonus Chapter)
Hello, C#! Welcome, .NET!
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
Understanding and Packaging .NET Types
Working with Common .NET 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
Practical Applications of C# and .NET
Building Websites Using ASP.NET Core Razor Pages
Building Websites Using the Model-View-Controller Pattern
Building Websites Using a Content Management System
Building and Consuming Web Services
Building Intelligent Apps Using Machine Learning
Building Windows Desktop Apps
Building Cross-Platform Mobile Apps Using Xamarin.Forms
Appendix (Bonus Chapter)