C# 7 and .NET: Designing Modern Cross-platform Applications: The Open Source revolution of .NET Core - Softcover

Price, Mark J.; Mehboob Ahmed Khan, Ovais

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1789956692 ISBN 13: 9781789956696

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

Explore C# and the .NET Core framework to create applications and optimize them with ASP.NET Core 2

Key Features:

- Get to grips with multi-threaded, concurrent, and asynchronous programming in C# and .NET Core

- Develop modern, cross-platform applications with .NET Core 2.0 and C# 7.0

- Create efficient web applications with ASP.NET Core 2.

Book Description:

C# is a widely used programming language, thanks to its easy learning curve, versatility, and support for modern paradigms. The language is used to create desktop apps, background services, web apps, and mobile apps. .NET Core is open source and compatible with Mac OS and Linux. There is no limit to what you can achieve with C# and .NET Core.

This Learning Path begins with the basics of C# and object-oriented programming (OOP) and explores features of C#, such as tuples, pattern matching, and out variables. You will understand.NET Standard 2.0 class libraries and ASP.NET Core 2.0, and create professional websites, services, and applications. You will become familiar with mobile app development using Xamarin.Forms and learn to develop high-performing applications by writing optimized code with various profiling techniques.

By the end of C# 7 and .NET: Designing Modern Cross-platform Applications, you will have all the knowledge required to build modern, cross-platform apps using C# and .NET.

This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products:

- C# 7.1 and .NET Core 2.0 - Modern Cross-Platform Development - Third Edition by Mark J. Price

- C# 7 and .NET Core 2.0 High Performance by Ovais Mehboob Ahmed Khan

What You Will Learn:

- Explore ASP.NET Core to create professional web applications

- Master OOP with C# to increase code reusability and efficiency

- Protect your data using encryption and hashing

- Measure application performance using BenchmarkDotNet

- Use design techniques to increase your application's performance

- Learn memory management techniques in .NET Core

- Understand tools and techniques to monitor application performance

Who this book is for:

This Learning Path is designed for developers who want to gain a solid foundation in C# and .NET Core, and want to build cross-platform applications. To gain maximum benefit from this Learning Path, you must have basic knowledge of C#.

About this title

About the Authors

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.

Ovais Mehboob Ahmed Khan is a seasoned programmer and solution architect with nearly 20 years of experience in software development, consultancy and solution architecture. He has worked with various clients across the United States, Europe, Middle East and Africa. Currently he is working as a Sr. Customer Engineer at Microsoft, based in Dubai. He specializes mainly in Application development using .NET and other OSS technologies, Microsoft Azure and DevOps. He is a prolific writer and has published few books on Enterprise Application Architecture, .NET Core and JavaScript, and written numerous technical articles on various sites. He likes to talk about technology and has delivered various technical sessions around the world.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1789956692
• ISBN 13: 9781789956696
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 668