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C# 8.0 and .NET Core 3.0 – Modern Cross-Platform Development

You're reading from   C# 8.0 and .NET Core 3.0 – Modern Cross-Platform Development Build applications with C#, .NET Core, Entity Framework Core, ASP.NET Core, and ML.NET using Visual Studio Code

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788478120
Length 818 pages
Edition 4th Edition
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1. Hello, C#! Welcome, .NET! FREE CHAPTER 2. Speaking C# 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. 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 Windows Desktop Apps 21. Building Cross-Platform Mobile Apps Using Xamarin.Forms

Understanding Piranha CMS

Piranha CMS is a good choice for learning how to develop for a CMS because it is open source, simple, and flexible.

As described by its lead developer and creator, Håkan Edling, "Piranha CMS is a lightweight, unobtrusive and cross-platform CMS library for .NET Standard 2.0. It can be used to add CMS functionality to an already existing application, build new website from scratch, or even be used as a backend for a mobile application."

Piranha CMS has three design principles:

  • An open and extendible platform.
  • Easy and intuitive for the content administrators.
  • Fast, efficient, and fun for the developers.

Instead of adding more and more complex functions for commercial enterprise customers, Piranha CMS focuses on providing a platform for small to medium sized websites that need non-technical users to edit content on their current websites.

Piranha is not WordPress, meaning it will never have thousands of predefined...

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