C# and .NET Core combine to give developers a new sense of robustness, flexibility, and efficiency to build amazing applications inside and outside the MS ecosystem. There are several improvements as well as additions to the language and framework in C# 8 and .NET Core 3.0. This course will not just get you familiar with its new features, but it will also help you understand, how you can best make use of it in your day to day application development with real-world examples.

To begin working with .NET Core 3.0, you'll first upgrade to the latest version of Visual Studio and also download and install the latest version of the .NET Core SDK. Then this course will continue to follow a practical approach and will cover all the new features of the C# language, and everything the .NET Core framework offers developers to quickly build web APIs and Windows Desktop applications.

By the end of the course, you will be able to utilize the full power of C#8 with its new features and overcome the problems faced in C#7 while rapidly building a web API and a Windows desktop app with .NET Core 3.0.

The code bundle for this video course is available at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/C-8-and-.NET-Core-3.0-New-Features

Style and Approach

The course will guide you through the process of installing the latest version of Visual Studio and .NET Core. Each new feature will be presented via an example. You will also get to build a web API that will be consumed by a Windows desktop application.