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C# 9 and .NET 5 – Modern Cross-Platform Development

You're reading from   C# 9 and .NET 5 – Modern Cross-Platform Development Build intelligent apps, websites, and services with Blazor, ASP.NET Core, and Entity Framework Core using Visual Studio Code

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800568105
Length 822 pages
Edition 5th Edition
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Preface 1. Hello, C#! Welcome, .NET! 2. Speaking C# FREE CHAPTER 3. Controlling Flow and Converting Types 4. Writing, Debugging, and Testing Functions 5. Building Your Own Types with Object-Oriented Programming 6. Implementing Interfaces and Inheriting Classes 7. Understanding and Packaging .NET Types 8. Working with Common .NET Types 9. Working with Files, Streams, and Serialization 10. Protecting Your Data and Applications 11. Working with Databases Using Entity Framework Core 12. Querying and Manipulating Data Using LINQ 13. Improving Performance and Scalability Using Multitasking 14. Introducing Practical Applications of C# and .NET 15. Building Websites Using ASP.NET Core Razor Pages 16. Building Websites Using the Model-View-Controller Pattern 17. Building Websites Using a Content Management System 18. Building and Consuming Web Services 19. Building Intelligent Apps Using Machine Learning 20. Building Web User Interfaces Using Blazor 21. Building Cross-Platform Mobile Apps 22. Index

Building mobile apps using Xamarin.Forms

We will build a mobile app that runs on either iOS or Android for managing customers in Northwind.

Good Practice: If you have never run Xcode, run it now until you see the Start window to ensure that all its required components are installed and registered. If you do not run Xcode, then you might get errors with your projects later in Visual Studio for Mac.

Adding Android SDKs

To target Android, you must install at least one Android SDK. A default installation of Visual Studio for Mac already includes one Android SDK, but it is often an older version to support as many Android devices as possible.

To use the latest features of Xamarin.Forms, you must install a more recent Android SDK. You might also have to set the paths on the Locations tab:

  1. In macOS, start Visual Studio for Mac and navigate to Visual Studio | Preferences.
  2. In Preferences, navigate to Projects | SDK Locations | Android...
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