You're reading from 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

Product type Hardcover

Published in Nov 2020

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781800568105

Length 822 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

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.NET

Concepts

Cross Platform Mobile Development

Author (1):

Mark J. Price

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface

1. Hello, C#! Welcome, .NET!

2. Speaking C# FREE CHAPTER

3. Controlling Flow and Converting Types

4. Writing, Debugging, and Testing Functions

5. Building Your Own Types with Object-Oriented Programming

6. Implementing Interfaces and Inheriting Classes

7. Understanding and Packaging .NET Types

8. Working with Common .NET Types

9. Working with Files, Streams, and Serialization

10. Protecting Your Data and Applications

11. Working with Databases Using Entity Framework Core

12. Querying and Manipulating Data Using LINQ

13. Improving Performance and Scalability Using Multitasking

14. Introducing Practical Applications of C# and .NET

15. Building Websites Using ASP.NET Core Razor Pages

16. Building Websites Using the Model-View-Controller Pattern

17. Building Websites Using a Content Management System

18. Building and Consuming Web Services

19. Building Intelligent Apps Using Machine Learning

20. Building Web User Interfaces Using Blazor

21. Building Cross-Platform Mobile Apps

22. Index

Practicing and exploring

Let's now test your knowledge and understanding by trying to answer some questions, getting some hands-on practice, and exploring with deeper research into the topics covered throughout this chapter.

Exercise 1.1 – Test your knowledge

Try to answer the following questions, remembering that although most answers can be found in this chapter, some online research or code writing will be needed to answer others:

Why can a programmer use different languages, for example, C# and F#, to write applications that run on .NET?
What do you type at the prompt to create a console app?
What do you type at the prompt to build and execute C# source code?
What is the Visual Studio Code keyboard shortcut to view Terminal?
Is Visual Studio 2019 better than Visual Studio Code?
Is .NET Core better than .NET Framework?
What is .NET Standard and why is it still important?
What is the name of the entry...