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Improving your C# Skills

You're reading from Improving your C# Skills Solve modern challenges with functional programming and test-driven techniques of C#

Product type Course

Published in Feb 2019

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781838558383

Length 606 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C#

Tools

.NET

Concepts

Functional Programming

Authors (4):

Ovais Mehboob Ahmed Khan

Clayton Hunt

John Callaway

Rod Stephens

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Table of Contents (26) Chapters

Title Page

Copyright and Credits

About Packt

Contributors

Preface

1. What's New in .NET Core 2 and C# 7? FREE CHAPTER

2. Understanding .NET Core Internals and Measuring Performance

3. Multithreading and Asynchronous Programming in .NET Core

4. Securing and Implementing Resilience in .NET Core Applications

5. Why TDD is Important

6. Setting Up the .NET Test Environment

7. Setting Up a JavaScript Environment

8. What to Know Before Getting Started

9. Tabula Rasa – Approaching an Application with TDD in Mind

10. Testing JavaScript Applications

11. Exploring Integrations

12. Changes in Requirements

13. The Legacy Problem

14. Unraveling a Mess

15. Geometry

16. Randomization

17. Files and Directories

18. Advanced C# and .NET Features

19. Cryptography

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Index

Installing the .NET Core SDK

Before you get started with the development environments, you will want to install the .NET Core SDK. You'll need to navigate to the .NET Core download page on the Microsoft website (https://www.microsoft.com/net/download/core). Select the proper installer for your system. For Windows machines, the .exe download is recommended.

Follow the onscreen instructions for the install wizard to install the .NET Core SDK.

Getting set up with VS Code

One benefit of choosing VS Code for your development is that it is an excellent IDE for both .NET and JavaScript. To get started using VS Code, you must first download the IDE.

Downloading the IDE

Visit the VS Code website (https://code.visualstudio.com/) and choose the proper version for your operating system:

Installing the VS Code

Follow the instructions in the wizard to install the VS Code:

Be sure to read and accept the License Agreement:

Choose a location on your hard drive to install VS Code. The default path is usually acceptable...

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Authors (4)

Ovais Mehboob Ahmed Khan

Ovais Mehboob Ahmed Khan

Ovais Mehboob Ahmed Khan is a seasoned programmer and solution architect with nearly 20 years of experience in software development, consultancy, and solution architecture. He has worked with various clients across the world and is currently working as a senior customer engineer at Microsoft. He specializes mainly in application development using .NET and OSS technologies, Microsoft Azure, and DevOps. He is a prolific writer who has written several books and articles on various technologies. He really enjoys talking about technology and has given a number of technical sessions around the world.

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Rod Stephens

Rod Stephens

Rod Stephens has been a software developer, consultant, instructor, and author. He has written more than 30 books and 250 magazine articles covering such topics as three-dimensional graphics, algorithms, database design, software engineering, interview puzzles, C#, and Visual Basic. Rod's popular C# Helper and VB Helper websites receive millions of hits per year and contain thousands of tips, tricks, and example programs for C# and Visual Basic developers.

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Clayton Hunt

Clayton Hunt

Clayton Hunt has been programming professionally since 2005, doing mostly web development with an emphasis on JavaScript and C#. He focuses on Software Craftsmanship and is a signatory of both the Agile Manifesto and the Software Craftsmanship manifesto. He believes that through short iterations and the careful gathering of requirements, we can deliver the highest quality and most value in the shortest time. He enjoys learning and encouraging others to continuously improve themselves.

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John Callaway

John Callaway

John Callaway, a Microsoft MVP, has been a professional developer since 1999. He has focused primarily on web technologies and has experience with everything from PHP to C# to ReactJS to SignalR. Clean code and professionalism are particularly important to him, along with mentoring and teaching others what he has learned along the way.

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