NET Core is a general purpose, modular, cross-platform and open source implementation of .NET. With the latest release of .NET Core, many more APIs are expected to show up which will make APIs consistent across .Net Framework, .Net Core, and Xamarin. This book is a step-by-step guide that will teach you essential .NET Core and C# concepts with the help of real world projects.

The book starts with a brief introduction to the latest features of C# 7 and .NET core 2.0 before moving onto explaining how C# 7 can be implemented in the Object oriented paradigm. You will learn to work with relational data using Entity framework and how to use ASP.NET Core practically. This book will show how to build cross-platform mobile application with Xamarin. You will also learn about Asynchronous and Reactive programming with .NET Core 2.0 and the working of Rx.NET. The book also covers how to implement microservices and explains the working of .NET Core applications on the cloud. You will learn about serverless computing and OAuth concepts along with running ASP.NET Core applications with Docker compose.

This project based guide uses 11 practical applications to demonstrate these concepts. Thus by the end of the book, you will be proficient in developing applications using .NET core 2.0.