C# 13 and .NET 9 : modern cross-platform development fundamentals : start building websites and services with ASP.NET Core 9, Blazor, and EF Core 9 / Mark J. Price.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Price, Mark J., author.

Series:

Expert insight.

Expert insight

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microsoft Visual studio.

Microsoft .NET Framework.

C (Computer program language).

Application software--Development.

Application software.

Internet programming.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (828 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Ninth edition.

Place of Publication:

Packt Publishing 2024

Summary:

This Packt bestseller continues to be the definitive guide to modern cross-platform development. The 9th edition of C# 13 and .NET 9 – Modern Cross-Platform Development Fundamentals has been updated to cover the latest features and improvements in .NET 9 and C# 13. You'll start by mastering object-oriented programming, learning how to write, test, and debug functions, and implementing interfaces. You'll then dive into .NET APIs for data management, filesystem operations, and serialization. This latest edition integrates .NET 9 enhancements into its examples: faster exceptions and new LINQ methods. New ASP.NET Core 9 features include optimized static assets, built-in OpenAPI document generation, and the HybridCache. Practical examples, such as building websites and services with ASP.NET Core, have been refreshed to utilize the latest .NET 9 features. The book also introduces Blazor, with its new unified hosting model for unparalleled code reusability. With these updates, you'll learn how to build robust applications and services efficiently and effectively. By the end of this book, you'll have the knowledge and confidence to create professional and high-performance web applications using the latest technologies in C# 13 and .NET 9.

Contents:

Cover

Contributors

Copyright

Table of Contents

Preface

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

Introducing this book and its contents

Setting up your development environment

Understanding .NET

Building console apps using Visual Studio

Building console apps using VS Code

Making good use of the GitHub repository for this book

Looking for help

Practicing and exploring

Summary

Chapter 2: Speaking C#

Introducing the C# language

Discovering your C# compiler version

Understanding C# grammar and vocabulary

Working with variables

Exploring more about console apps

Chapter 3: Controlling Flow, Converting Types, and Handling Exceptions

Operating on variables

Understanding selection statements

Understanding iteration statements

Storing multiple values in an array

Casting and converting between types

Handling exceptions

Checking for overflow

Chapter 4: Writing, Debugging, and Testing Functions

Writing functions

Debugging during development

Hot reloading during development

Unit testing

Throwing and catching exceptions in functions

Chapter 5: Building Your Own Types with Object-Oriented Programming

Talking about OOP

Building class libraries

Storing data in fields

Working with methods and tuples

Controlling access with properties and indexers

Pattern matching with objects

Working with record types

Chapter 6: Implementing Interfaces and Inheriting Classes

Setting up a class library and console application

Static methods and overloading operators

Making types safely reusable with generics

Raising and handling events

Implementing interfaces

Working with null values.

Inheriting from classes

Casting within inheritance hierarchies

Inheriting and extending .NET types

Summarizing custom type choices

Chapter 7: Packaging and Distributing .NET Types

The road to .NET 9

Understanding .NET components

Publishing your code for deployment

Native ahead-of-time compilation

Packaging your libraries for NuGet distribution

Working with preview features

Chapter 8: Working with Common .NET Types

Working with numbers

Working with text

Pattern matching with regular expressions

Storing multiple objects in collections

Working with spans, indexes, and ranges

Chapter 9: Working with Files, Streams, and Serialization

Managing a filesystem

Reading and writing with streams

Encoding and decoding text

Serializing object graphs

Chapter 10: Working with Data Using Entity Framework Core

Understanding modern databases

Setting up EF Core in a .NET project

Defining EF Core models

Querying EF Core models

Chapter 11: Querying and Manipulating Data Using LINQ

Writing LINQ expressions

LINQ in practice

Sorting and more

Using LINQ with EF Core

Joining, grouping, and lookups

Chapter 12: Introducing Modern Web Development Using .NET

Understanding ASP.NET Core

Structuring projects

Building an entity model for use in the rest of the book

Understanding web development

Chapter 13: Building Websites Using ASP.NET Core

Exploring ASP.NET Core

History of Blazor

Exploring Blazor static SSR

Using Entity Framework Core with ASP.NET Core

Summary.

Chapter 14: Building Interactive Web Components Using Blazor

Reviewing the Blazor Web App project template

Building components using Blazor

Defining forms using the EditForm component

Chapter 15: Building and Consuming Web Services

Building web services using ASP.NET Core

Creating a web service for the Northwind database

Documenting and trying out web services

Consuming web services using HTTP clients

Epilogue

Next steps on your C# and .NET learning journey

The tenth edition for .NET 10

Good luck!

Index.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781835881231

1835881238

9781835881224

183588122X

1-83588-123-8

1-83588-122-X

OCLC:

1472091314