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Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801077361

Length 826 pages

Edition 6th Edition

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.NET

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Cross Platform Mobile Development

Author (1):

Mark J. Price

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface

1. Hello, C#! Welcome, .NET!

2. Speaking C# FREE CHAPTER

3. Controlling Flow, Converting Types, and Handling Exceptions

4. Writing, Debugging, and Testing Functions

5. Building Your Own Types with Object-Oriented Programming

6. Implementing Interfaces and Inheriting Classes

7. Packaging and Distributing .NET Types

8. Working with Common .NET Types

9. Working with Files, Streams, and Serialization

10. Working with Data Using Entity Framework Core

11. Querying and Manipulating Data Using LINQ

12. Improving Performance and Scalability Using Multitasking

13. Introducing Practical Applications of C# and .NET

14. Building Websites Using ASP.NET Core Razor Pages

15. Building Websites Using the Model-View-Controller Pattern

16. Building and Consuming Web Services

17. Building User Interfaces Using Blazor

18. Epilogue

19. Index

Understanding async and await

C# 5 introduced two C# keywords when working with the Task type. They are especially useful for the following:

Implementing multitasking for a graphical user interface (GUI).
Improving the scalability of web applications and web services.

In Chapter 15, Building Websites Using the Model-View-Controller Pattern, we will see how the async and await keywords can improve scalability for websites.

In Chapter 19, Building Mobile and Desktop Apps Using .NET MAUI, we will see how the async and await keywords can implement multitasking for a GUI. You can find it at https://github.com/markjprice/cs10dotnet6/blob/main/9781801077361_Bonus_Content.pdf.

But for now, let's learn the theory of why these two C# keywords were introduced, and then later you will see them used in practice.

Improving responsiveness for console apps

One of the limitations with console applications is that you can only use the await keyword inside...

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