Epilogue

I wanted this book to be different from others on the market. I hope that you found it to be a brisk, fun read, packed with practical, hands-on walk-throughs of each subject.

This epilogue contains the following short sections:

• Next steps on your C# and .NET learning journey
• The ninth edition, coming November 2024
• Good luck!

Next steps on your C# and .NET learning journey

For subjects that I didn’t have space to include in this book but you might want to learn more about, I hope that the notes, good practice tips, and links in the GitHub repository point you in the right direction:

https://github.com/markjprice/cs12dotnet8/blob/main/docs/book-links.md

Polishing your skills with design guidelines

Now that you have learned the fundamentals of developing using C# and .NET, you are ready to improve the quality of your code by learning more detailed design guidelines.

Back in the early .NET Framework era, Microsoft published a book that gave good practices in all areas of .NET development. Those recommendations are still very much applicable to modern .NET development.

The following topics are covered:

• Naming Guidelines
• Type Design Guidelines
• Member Design Guidelines
• Designing for Extensibility
• Design Guidelines for Exceptions
• Usage Guidelines...

The ninth edition, coming November 2024

I have already started work identifying areas for improvement for the ninth edition, which we plan to publish with the release of .NET 9 in November 2024. While I do not expect major new features at the level of the unification of Blazor hosting models, I do expect .NET 9 to make worthwhile improvements to all aspects of .NET.

You can learn how to use .NET 9 with this book at the following link:

https://github.com/markjprice/cs12dotnet8/blob/main/docs/dotnet9.md

If you have suggestions for topics that you would like to see covered or expanded upon, or you spot mistakes that need fixing in the text or code, then please let me know the details via chat in the Discord channel or the GitHub repository for this book, found at the following link:

https://github.com/markjprice/cs12dotnet8

Good luck!

I wish you the best of luck with all your C# and .NET projects!

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