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C# 12 and .NET 8 : modern cross-platform development fundamentals : start building websites and services with ASP.NET Core 8, Blazor, and EF Core 8
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Title
C# 12 and .NET 8 : modern cross-platform development fundamentals : start building websites and services with ASP.NET Core 8, Blazor, and EF Core 8 / Mark J. Price.
ISBN
9781837635870
9781837631988
1837631980
Edition
Eighth edition.
Publication
Birmingham, UK : Packt Publishing Ltd., 2023.
Physical Description
1 online resource (826 pages) : illustrations
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
An accessible guide for beginner-to-intermediate programmers to the concepts, real-world applications, and latest features of C# 12 and .NET 8, with hands-on exercises using Visual Studio 2022 and Visual Studio Code. Key Features Explore the latest additions to C# 12, the .NET 8 class libraries, and Entity Framework Core 8 Create professional websites and services with ASP.NET Core 8 and Blazor Build your confidence with step-by-step code examples and tips for best practices Book Description This latest edition of the bestselling Packt series will give you a solid foundation to start building projects using modern C# and .NET with confidence. You'll learn about object-oriented programming; writing, testing, and debugging functions; and implementing interfaces. You'll take on .NET APIs for managing and querying data, working with the fi lesystem, and serialization. As you progress, you'll explore examples of cross-platform projects you can build and deploy, such as websites and services using ASP.NET Core. This latest edition integrates .NET 8 enhancements into its examples: type aliasing and primary constructors for concise and expressive code. You'll handle errors robustly through the new built-in guard clauses and explore a simplified implementation of caching in ASP.NET Core 8. If that's not enough, you'll also see how native ahead-of-time (AOT) compiler publish lets web services reduce memory use and run faster. You'll work with the seamless new HTTP editor in Visual Studio 2022 to enhance the testing and debugging process. You'll even get introduced to Blazor Full Stack with its new unified hosting model for unparalleled web development flexibility. What you will learn Discover C# 12's new features, including aliasing any type and primary constructors Try out the native AOT publish capability for ASP.NET Core 8 Minimal APIs web services Build rich web experiences using Blazor Full Stack, Razor Pages, and other ASP.NET Core features Integrate and update databases in your apps using Entity Framework Core models Query and manipulate data using LINQ Build and consume powerful services using Web API and Minimal API Who this book is for This book is for beginners as well as intermediate-level C# and .NET programmers who have worked with C# in the past and want to catch up with the changes made in the last few years. Prior exposure to C# or .NET is not a prerequisite. A general understanding of programming will help you to work through the book more comfortably, though the content is suitable for those completely new to programming. If you already have some C# and .NET skills and want to focus on developing practical apps, you can pick up Mark's other .NET book, Apps and Services with .NET 8, instead.
Variant and related titles
O'Reilly Safari. OCLC KB.
Other formats
Print version: Price, Mark J. C# 12 and . NET 8 - Modern Cross-Platform Development Fundamentals Birmingham : Packt Publishing, Limited,c2023
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 08, 2024
Series
Expert insight
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Cover
Copyright
Contributors
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Hello, C#! Welcome, .NET!
Introducing this book and its contents
Setting up your development environment
Understanding .NET
Building console apps using Visual Studio 2022
Building console apps using Visual Studio Code
Making good use of the GitHub repository for this book
Looking for help
Practicing and exploring
Summary
Chapter 2: Speaking C#
Introducing the C# language
Discovering your C# compiler version
Understanding C# grammar and vocabulary
Working with variables
Exploring more about console apps
Understanding async and await
Practicing and exploring
Summary
Chapter 3: Controlling Flow, Converting Types, and Handling Exceptions
Operating on variables
Understanding selection statements
Understanding iteration statements
Storing multiple values in an array
Casting and converting between types
Handling exceptions
Checking for overflow
Practicing and exploring
Summary
Chapter 4: Writing, Debugging, and Testing Functions
Writing functions
Debugging during development
Hot reloading during development
Logging during development and runtime
Unit testing
Throwing and catching exceptions in functions
Practicing and exploring
Summary
Chapter 5: Building Your Own Types with Object-Oriented Programming
Talking about OOP
Building class libraries
Storing data in fields
Working with methods and tuples
Controlling access with properties and indexers
Pattern matching with objects
Working with record types
Practicing and exploring
Summary
Chapter 6: Implementing Interfaces and Inheriting Classes
Setting up a class library and console application
Static methods and overloading operators
Making types safely reusable with generics
Raising and handling events
Implementing interfaces
Managing memory with reference and value types
Working with null values
Inheriting from classes
Casting within inheritance hierarchies
Inheriting and extending .NET types
Summarizing custom type choices
Practicing and exploring
Summary
Chapter 7: Packaging and Distributing .NET Types
The road to .NET 8
Understanding .NET components
Publishing your code for deployment
Native ahead-of-time compilation
Decompiling .NET assemblies
Packaging your libraries for NuGet distribution
Working with preview features
Practicing and exploring
Summary
Chapter 8: Working with Common .NET Types
Working with numbers
Working with text
Pattern matching with regular expressions
Storing multiple objects in collections
Working with spans, indexes, and ranges
Practicing and exploring
Summary
Chapter 9: Working with Files, Streams, and Serialization
Managing the filesystem
Reading and writing with streams
Encoding and decoding text
Serializing object graphs
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