Professional C# and .NET

Get the latest coverage of the newest features in C#9 and .NET 5

In Professional C# and .NET: 2021 Edition, Microsoft MVP for Visual Studio and Development Technologies and veteran developer, Christian Nagel, delivers a comprehensive tour of the new features and capabilities of C#9 and .NET 5.

Experienced programmers making the transition to C# will benefit from the author’s in-depth explorations to create Web- and Windows applications using ASP.NET Core, Blazor, and WinUI using modern application patterns and new features offered by .NET including Microservices deployed to Docker images, GRPC, localization, asynchronous streaming, and much more.

The book also offers:

• Discussions of the extension of .NET to non-Microsoft platforms like OSX and Linux
• Explanations of the newest features in C#9, including support for record types, and enhanced support for tuples, pattern matching, and nullable reference types
• Integrating .NET applications with Microsoft Azure services such as Azure App
• Configuration, Azure Key Vault, Azure Functions, the Azure Active Directory, and others Downloadable code examples from wrox.com and github.com with online updates for C# 10 and .NET 6

Perfect for programmers with a background in C#, Visual Basic, Java, or C/C++, Professional C# and .NET: 2021 Edition will also earn a place in the libraries of software architects seeking an up-to-date and fulsome treatment of the latest C# and .NET releases.

Table of Contents

Part I The C# Language

Chapter 1 .NET Applications and Tools

Chapter 2 Core C#

Chapter 3 Classes, Records, St ructs, and Tuples

Chapter 4 Object-Oriented Programming in C#

Chapter 5 Operators and Casts

Chapter 6 Arrays

Chapter 7 Delegates, Lambdas, and Events

Chapter 8 Collections

Chapter 9 Language Integrated Query

Chapter 10 Errors and Exceptions

Chapter 11 Tasks and Asynchronous Programming

Chapter 12 Reflection, Metadata, and Source Generators

Chapter 13 Managed and Unmanaged Memory

Part II Libraries

Chapter 14 Libraries, Assemblies, Packages, and NuGet

Chapter 15 Dependency Injection and Configuration

Chapter 16 Diagnostics and Metrics

Chapter 17 Parallel Programming

Chapter 18 Files and Streams

Chapter 19 Networking

Chapter 20 Security

Chapter 21 Entity Framework Core

Chapter 22 Localization

Chapter 23 Tests

Part Ill Web Applications and Services

Chapter 24 ASP.NET Core

Chapter 25 Services

Chapter 26 Razor Pages and MVC

Chapter 27 Blazor

Chapter 28 SignalR

Part IV Apps

Chapter 29 Windows Apps

Chapter 30 Patterns with XAML Apps

Chapter 31 Styling Windows Apps

About the Author

Christian Nagel is a Microsoft MVP for Visual Studio and Development Technologies, software architect, and veteran developer who has been building solutions with .NET technologies since 2000. He has authored many acclaimed .NET books, and he also speaks at such international conferences as Ignite (formerly TechEd) and Tech Days. A supporter of .NET user groups, Christian is a Microsoft Certified Trainer and Professional Developer for WinUI and .NET MAUI Apps, ASP.NET Core, and Microsoft Azure.