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C# 6 and .NET Core 1.0

You're reading from   C# 6 and .NET Core 1.0 Modern Cross-Platform Development

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2016
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ISBN-13 9781785285691
Length 550 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Hello, C#! Welcome, .NET Core! FREE CHAPTER 2. Speaking C# 3. Controlling the Flow, Converting Types, and Handling Exceptions 4. Using Common .NET Types 5. Using Specialized .NET Types 6. Building Your Own Types with Object-Oriented Programming 7. Implementing Interfaces and Inheriting Classes 8. Working with Relational Data Using the Entity Framework 9. Querying and Manipulating Data with LINQ 10. Working with Files, Streams, and Serialization 11. Protecting Your Data and Applications 12. Improving Performance and Scalability with Multitasking 13. Building Universal Windows Platform Apps Using XAML 14. Building Web Applications and Services Using ASP.NET Core 15. Taking C# Cross-Platform 16. Building a Quiz A. Answers to the Test Your Knowledge Questions B. Creating a Virtual Machine for Your Development Environment Index

Running the quiz

Before we can run the quiz, we need to configure it to use the cross-platform Kestrel web server, and host it on .NET Core.

Configuring the project to use Kestrel and .NET Core

In the Solution Explorer window, in the Ch16_QuizWebApp project, double-click on Properties, click on the Debug tab, and set the following options:

  • Set the profile to web (the Kestrel cross-platform web server)
  • Check the box for Use Specific Runtime and choose the latest version
  • Set the platform to .NET Core
  • Set the architecture to x64, as shown in the following screenshot:
    Configuring the project to use Kestrel and .NET Core

Save your changes, and then in the Visual Studio toolbar, choose the web profile:

Configuring the project to use Kestrel and .NET Core

Start the application by pressing F5. Note that the Kestrel web server has started and is hosted on the CoreCLR for 64-bit CPUs:

Configuring the project to use Kestrel and .NET Core

Start Microsoft Edge and enter the following into the address box:

http://localhost:5000/

Note that when the browser's width is too small, the list of quizzes on the home page uses a vertical layout instead of two quizzes side...

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