Professional C# 7 and .NET Core 2.0

The professional’s guide to C# 7, with expert guidance on the newest features Professional C# 7 and .NET Core 2.0 provides experienced programmers with the information they need to work effectively with the world’s leading programming language. The latest C# update added many new features that help you get more done in less time, and this book is your ideal guide for getting up to speed quickly. C# 7 focuses on data consumption, code simplification, and performance, with new support for local functions, tuple types, record types, pattern matching, non-nullable reference types, immutable types, and better support for variables. Improvements to Visual Studio will bring significant changes to the way C# developers interact with the space, bringing .NET to non-Microsoft platforms and incorporating tools from other platforms like Docker, Gulp, and NPM. Guided by a leading .NET expert and steeped in real-world practicality, this guide is designed to get you up to date and back to work. With Microsoft speeding up its release cadence while offering more significant improvement with each update, it has never been more important to get a handle on new tools and features quickly. This book is designed to do just that, and more—everything you need to know about C# is right here, in the single-volume resource on every developer’s shelf. Tour the many new and enhanced features packed into C# 7 and .NET Core 2.0 Learn how the latest Visual Studio update makes developers’ jobs easier Streamline your workflow with a new focus on code simplification and performance enhancement Delve into improvements made for localization, networking, diagnostics, deployments, and more Whether you’re entirely new to C# or just transitioning to C# 7, having a solid grasp of the latest features allows you to exploit the language’s full functionality to create robust, high -quality apps. Professional C# 7 and .NET Core 2.0 is the one-stop guide to everything you need to know. Contents PART I: The C# Language Chapter 1 .Net Applications And Tools Chapter 2 Core C# Chapter 3 Objects And Types Chapter 4 Object-Oriented Programming With C# Chapter 5 Generics Chapter 6 Operators And Casts Chapter 7 Arrays Chapter 8 Delegates, Lambdas, And Events Chapter 9 Strings And Regular Expressions Chapter 10 Collections Chapter 11 Special Collections Chapter 12 Language Integrated Query Chapter 13 Functional Programming With C# Chapter 14 Errors And Exceptions Chapter 15 Asynchronous Programming Chapter 16 Reflection, Metadata, And Dynamic Programming Chapter 17 Managed And Unmanaged Memory Chapter 18 Visual Studio 2017 PART II: .NET Core and the Windows Runtime Chapter 19 Libraries, Assemblies, Packages, And Nuget Chapter 20 Dependency Injection Chapter 21 Tasks And Parallel Programming Chapter 22 Files And Streams Chapter 23 Networking Chapter 24 Security Chapter 25 Ado.Net And Transactions Chapter 26 Entity Framework Core Chapter 27 Localization Chapter 28 Testing Chapter 29 Tracing, Logging, And Analytics PART III: Web Applications and Services Chapter 30 Asp.Net Core Chapter 31 Asp.Net Core Mvc Chapter 32 Web Api PART IV: Apps Chapter 33 Windows Apps Chapter 34 Patterns With Xaml Apps Chapter 35 Styling Windows Apps Chapter 36 Advanced Windows Apps Chapter 37 Xamarin.Forms