What you need for this book

You can develop and deploy .NET projects using Visual Studio 2022, Visual Studio Code, or a third-party tool like JetBrains Rider. Code, Rider, and the command-line tools work on most operating systems, including Windows, macOS, and many varieties of Linux. Visual Studio is Windows-only because Visual Studio for Mac has been retired, does not officially support .NET 8, and it reaches end of life in August 2024.

Downloading the color images of this book

We also provide you with a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots and diagrams used in this book. The color images will help you better understand the changes in the output.

You can download this file from https://packt.link/gbp/9781837635207.

Conventions

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter (X) handles. For example; “The Controllers, Models, and Views folders contain ASP.NET Core classes and the .cshtml files for execution on the server.”

A block of code is set as follows:

// Storing items at index positions.
names[0] = "Kate";
names[1] = "Jack";
names[2] = "Rebecca";
names[3] = "Tom";

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are highlighted:

// Storing items at index positions.
names[0] = "Kate";
names[1] = "Jack";
names[2] = "Rebecca";
names[3] = "Tom";

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

dotnet new console

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see on the screen, for example, in menus or dialog boxes. For example: “Clicking on the Next button moves you to the next screen.”

Important notes and links to external sources of further reading appear in a box like this.

Good Practice

Recommendations for how to program like an expert appear like this.