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Published inNov 2023
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ISBN-139781837635870
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Mark J. Price
Mark J. Price
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Mark J. Price

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.
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7 Packaging and Distributing .NET Types

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This chapter is about how C# keywords are related to .NET types, and about the relationship between namespaces and assemblies. You'll become familiar with how to package and publish your .NET apps and libraries for cross-platform use. We also cover how to decompile .NET assemblies for learning purposes and why you cannot prevent others from decompiling your code.In an online-only section, Exercise 7.3 – Porting from .NET Framework to modern .NET, you can learn how to use legacy .NET Framework libraries in .NET libraries and the possibility of porting legacy .NET Framework code bases to modern .NET. In another online-only section, Exercise 7.4 – Creating source generators, you will learn how to create source generators that can dynamically add source code to your projects, a very powerful feature.This chapter covers the following topics:

  • The road to .NET 8
  • Understanding...
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Mark J. Price

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.
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