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 , Fifth Edition

Mark J. Price

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

Hello, C#! Welcome, .NET!

In this first chapter, the goals are setting up your development environment, understanding the similarities and differences between .NET 5, .NET Core, .NET Framework, and .NET Standard, and then creating the simplest application possible with C# 9 and .NET 5 using Microsoft's Visual Studio Code.

After this first chapter, this book can be divided into three parts: first, the grammar and vocabulary of the C# language; second, the types available in .NET for building app features; and third, examples of common cross-platform apps you can build using C# and .NET.

Most people learn complex topics best by imitation and repetition rather than reading a detailed explanation of the theory; therefore, I will not overload you with detailed explanations of every step throughout this book. The idea is to get you to write some code, build an application from that code, and then for you to see it run.

You don't need to know all the nitty-gritty...

Looking for help

This section is all about how to find quality information about programming on the web.

Reading Microsoft documentation

The definitive resource for getting help with Microsoft developer tools and platforms is Microsoft Docs, and you can find it at the following link: https://docs.microsoft.com/.

Getting help for the dotnet tool

At the command line, you can ask the dotnet tool for help with its commands.

To open the official documentation in a browser window for the dotnet new command, enter the following at the command line or in Visual Studio Code Terminal:
```
dotnet help new
```
To get help output at the command line, use the -h or --help flag, as shown in the following command:
```
dotnet new console -h
```

You will see the following partial output:

Console Application (C#)
Author: Microsoft
Description: A project for creating a command-line application that can run on .NET Core on Windows, Linux and...

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Explore the newest additions to C# 9, the .NET 5 class library, Entity Framework Core and Blazor
Strengthen your command of ASP.NET Core 5.0 and create professional websites and services
Build cross-platform apps for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android

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In C# 9 and .NET 5 – Modern Cross-Platform Development, Fifth Edition, expert teacher Mark J. Price gives you everything you need to start programming C# applications. This latest edition uses the popular Visual Studio Code editor to work across all major operating systems. It is fully updated and expanded with a new chapter on the Microsoft Blazor framework. The book’s first part teaches the fundamentals of C#, including object-oriented programming and new C# 9 features such as top-level programs, target-typed new object instantiation, and immutable types using the record keyword. Part 2 covers the .NET APIs, for performing tasks like managing and querying data, monitoring and improving performance, and working with the file system, async streams, serialization, and encryption. Part 3 provides examples of cross-platform apps you can build and deploy, such as websites and services using ASP.NET Core or mobile apps using Xamarin.Forms. The best type of application for learning the C# language constructs and many of the .NET libraries is one that does not distract with unnecessary application code. For that reason, the C# and .NET topics covered in Chapters 1 to 13 feature console applications. In Chapters 14 to 20, having mastered the basics of the language and libraries, you will build practical applications using ASP.NET Core, Model-View-Controller (MVC), and Blazor. By the end of the book, you will have acquired the understanding and skills you need to use C# 9 and .NET 5 to create websites, services, and mobile apps.

Who is this book for?

This book is best for C# and .NET beginners, or programmers who have worked with C# in the past but feel left behind by the changes in the past few years. This book doesn’t expect you to have any C# or .NET experience; however, you should have a general understanding of programming. Students and professionals with a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) background can certainly benefit from this book.

What you will learn

Build your own types with object-oriented programming
Query and manipulate data using LINQ
Build websites and services using ASP.NET Core 5
Create intelligent apps using machine learning
Use Entity Framework Core and work with relational databases
Discover Windows app development using the Universal Windows Platform and XAML
Build rich web experiences using the Blazor framework
Build mobile applications for iOS and Android using Xamarin.Forms

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geekette Jan 30, 2021

I've been coding for a while but not C# and .NET and this book was perfect for me. Love the exercises at end of each chapter (but could do with a few more questions). I started trying to read O'Reilly's C# in a Nutshell - and although thorough and to the point, it is very dry and does not have helpful exercises. This book has chatty text as if Mark is teaching in a classroom and dives straight in with examples.He makes you use VS Code (not Visual Studio) which doesn't do as much for you but I found that useful as I now understand more. For example, he teaches how to use the command line (dotnet new console) in VS Code rather than File - New - Console app, that you can do in Visual Studio and setting a reference to a library is a right-click in Visual Studio, but VS Code makes you go into the .csproj file and type out the reference.This would not be an easy read for someone who has no experience of coding at all - but if you are coming from another language, it is great.It is not a short read at 788 pages.

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Mohamed Saleh Dec 04, 2022

I would really recommend it to go through lots of areas in .NET 5 and C#9.Very much in details and with decent set of exercises.

Jason Aug 20, 2021

Overall, I really like book. It took me from knowing nothing about dotNET to being able to use dotNET 5 and creating an MVC web application. In fact, I find this easier than trying to use dotNET Framework 4.7, which I am having to go back and learn because some servers still run ancient versions of dotNET. (Just upgrade your servers to dotNET 5 and make everyone's life easier because dotNET Framework is no longer supported by Microsoft.) Mark Price demonstrates and explains parts of the framework of dotNET 5 in examples using the Northwind examples. The other nice thing about this book is that he covers the C# language, too, but the real pay off is the chapters about the framework of dotNET 5 because that was the part I didn't really know.

Peng J. May 07, 2021

Really love the fast shipping... all updated info in this book. I'm a beginner so I'll come back for the content review...

Frank Linux Feb 03, 2021

Good overview of dot net 5, c#, and vsc.

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 , Fifth Edition

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

Hello, C#! Welcome, .NET!

Setting up your development environment

Using Visual Studio Code for cross-platform development

Understanding .NET

Understanding .NET Framework

Building console apps using Visual Studio Code

Writing code using Visual Studio Code

Downloading solution code from the GitHub repository

Using Git with Visual Studio Code

Looking for help

Reading Microsoft documentation

Getting help for the dotnet tool

Practicing and exploring

Exercise 1.1 – Test your knowledge

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