Exploring Advanced Features in C#: Enhance Your Code and Productivity

by Dirk Strauss

Chapter 1: C# 7 in focus Chapter Have a more in-depth look at the features of C# 7 and specifically how to implement these in every day programming projects. No of pages 50 Sub -Topics 1. Getting started with Tuples 2. Pattern matching and deconstruction 3. Using out variables 4. Using local functions 5. Generalized async return types 6. Throw expressions and expression bodies for accessors, constructors and finalizers Chapter 2: Exploring C# Chapter Have a look at some of the other features of C# that might often be overlooked by developers. This is not C# 7 specific code. No of pages : 40 Sub - Topics 1. Using and implementing abstract classes 2. Using and implementing an interface 3. Work with strings using String Interpolation, FormattableString and nameof 4. Asynchronous programming using async and await 5. Making use of extension methods 6. Generics 7. Lambda Expressions 8. Nullable types 9. Dynamics Chapter 3: The new features of C# 8.0 Chapter Introduce developers to some of the new features announced for C# 8.0 No of pages : 15 - 20 (depends on length of code samples) Sub - Topics 1. A note on C# 8 and what you can expect 2. Nullable reference types 3. Async streams 4. Ranges and indices 5. Recursive patterns 6. Switch expressions 7. Target-typed new-expressions Chapter 4: Creating responsive web applications using ASP.NET MVC Chapter Show how Bootstrap combined with jQuery and SCSS can be used to create responsive web applications with a great looking, user friendly UI . No of pages : 30 Sub - 1. Creating your first ASP.NET MVC application (Site use to be decided later eg. Planner, task list etc.) 2. Referencing the components needed for jQuery and Bootstrap 3. What is SCSS and how to set it up and use it in a web application 4. Using Razor and creating your views 4. Using plugins to enhance your site (example of Isotope plugin will be used 5. Testing the responsive site layout across devices using Chrome 6. Debugging your jQuery using Chrome Developer Tools 7. Using serverless computing to enhance your application's functionality ( creating PDF documents using DocRaptor or similar Chapter 5: Getting started with .NET Core 3.0 Chapter This chapter will serve as an introduction to .NET Core using version 2.1 No of pages : 20 - 30 (Depends on the length of the first section - running on Linux) Sub - 1. Create an ASP.NET Core MVC application 2. Running your ASP.NET Core MVC application on Linux 3. &nb

308 pages, Paperback

Published June 3, 2019