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From the Publisher
Key Features: A tried-and-tested learning curve that provides a brisk, fun read Detailed instructions for the most popular code editors, Visual Studio 2022 and Visual Studio Code Complete solutions to coding tasks, review questions, and exercises on the book’s GitHub repository
What approach does this book take to get readers started with C# 11 and .NET 7?
One of the key benefits is that it offers great value by balancing just the right amount of breadth with depth, teaching you a broad range of skills and technologies that you’ll be able to implement in the real world.
I briefly introduce a concept, like a C# language feature, a .NET API, or a web development task, and then take you step-by-step through writing simple code and running it to see the feature in action. Each chapter ends with review questions and exercises to complete.
Designed for those new to programming or trying a career change Gain coding experience and pragmatic tips that impact your daily productivity and help you get the job you want Join the Discord channel for the book to interact with the author and other readers and get your trickier questions answered
What’s new in this seventh edition?
For this seventh edition, I went through the whole book and brought everything up to date for C# 11 and .NET 7.
This book covers some of the most useful new C# 11 features. For example, list patterns extend existing pattern matching, like type and property matching, to match elements in a sequence like a list or an array. My personal favorite new C# 11 feature is raw string literals, which make it much easier to define text values that contain whitespace, quotes, and other special characters without requiring escape sequences.
As usual with a major new version of .NET, there are many performance improvements that you will benefit from without needing to change your code. Tar archive support has been added, and there is better support for Linux filesystems. JSON serialization now has better polymorphism support and more convenience methods like ReadExactly. Probably the most consequential addition to ASP.NET Core 7 is the return of output caching.
What should our readers’ next steps be after this book? What learning path would you recommend?
After learning the fundamentals of modern cross-platform development using C# 11 and .NET 7 and putting them into practice with web development basics using ASP.NET Core, the next step is to expand those skills by reading my second book, Apps and Services with .NET 7.
There are many technologies for common programming tasks. My book will get you started with all of them, so it is the best value for your time and money. Each chapter introduces a technology; you learn the basic concepts and capabilities and implement some of the most important parts. Once you’ve built a project yourself and seen the tech in action, you can then turn to the official documentation to continue learning, or look at an advanced book.
The hardest challenge for software developers is keeping up with all the changes and new tech in the industry. You often do not know if a technology is something you should learn or that you would enjoy until you’ve learned a bit about it. That’s where my books fill the gap.
Table of Contents: Controlling Flow, Converting Types, and Handling Exceptions Building Your Own Types with Object-Oriented Programming Writing, Debugging, and Testing Functions Working with Data Using Entity Framework Core Introducing Web Development Using ASP.NET Core Building and Consuming Web Services Building User Interfaces Using Blazor …and more!
Page count
818 pages 814 pages
Edition
Seventh First
Target audience
Beginner-to-intermediate in the C# language, .NET libraries, and ASP.NET Core web development Beginner-to-intermediate in building apps and services
Prerequisites
No prior exposure to C# or .NET, but a general understanding of programming is helpful Intermediate-level C#, .NET, and ASP.NET Core (introduced in the first book)
Topics covered
C# language, .NET libraries, ASP.NET Core, object-oriented programming, testing, EF Core, and more Common .NET-adjacent technologies like Cosmos DB, GraphQL, .NET MAUI, Blazor, gRPC, and more
Publisher : Packt Publishing; 7th ed. edition (November 8, 2022)
Language : English
Paperback : 818 pages
ISBN-10 : 1803237805
ISBN-13 : 978-1803237800
Item Weight : 3.04 pounds
Dimensions : 7.5 x 1.85 x 9.25 inches
Price: $31.72
