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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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Cross Platform Mobile Development

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Mark J. Price

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

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 async and await

C# 5 introduced two keywords to simplify 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 16, Building Websites Using the Model-View-Controller Pattern, we will explore how the async and await keywords can improve scalability in websites.

In Chapter 20, Building Windows Desktop Apps, we will explore how the async and await keywords can implement multitasking with a GUI. 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 methods that are marked as async..., and C# 7 and earlier do not allow the Main method to be marked as async! Luckily, a new...

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