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Clean Code with C#

You're reading from   Clean Code with C# Refactor your legacy C# code base and improve application performance using best practices

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781837635191
Length 492 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Coding Standards and Principles in C# 2. Chapter 2: Code Review – Process and Importance FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Classes, Objects, and Data Structures 4. Chapter 4: Writing Clean Functions 5. Chapter 5: Exception Handling 6. Chapter 6: Unit Testing 7. Chapter 7: Designing and Developing APIs 8. Chapter 8: Addressing Cross-Cutting Concerns 9. Chapter 9: AOP with PostSharp 10. Chapter 10: Using Tools to Improve Code Quality 11. Chapter 11: Refactoring C# Code 12. Chapter 12: Functional Programming 13. Chapter 13: Cross-Platform Application Development with MAUI 14. Chapter 14: Microservices 15. Assessments 16. Index 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Organizing classes

You will notice that the hallmark of a clean project is that it will have well-organized classes and that folders will be used to group classes that belong together. Furthermore, the classes in the folders will be enclosed within namespaces that match the assembly name and folder structure.

Each interface, class, struct, and enum should have its own source file in the correct namespace. Source files should be logically grouped in the appropriate folders and the namespaces for the source files should match the assembly name and folder structure. The following screenshot demonstrates a clean folder and file structure for a WPF project:

Figure 3.1: Clean folder structure

Figure 3.1: Clean folder structure

Figure 3.1 displays the file and folder structure for a Visual Studio C# solution that is clean in its organization. Folders are named correctly, and only classes with the relevant functionality are placed in those folders. This makes code easier to locate and maintain...

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