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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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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

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

Consuming services using HTTP clients

Now that we have built and tested our Northwind service, we will learn how to call it from any .NET Core app using the HttpClient class and its new factory.

Understanding HttpClient

The easiest way to consume a web service is to use the HttpClient class. However, many people use it wrongly because it implements IDisposable and Microsoft's own documentation shows poor usage of it.

Usually when a type implements IDisposable you should create it inside a using statement to ensure that it is disposed as soon as possible. HttpClient is different because it is shared, reentrant, and partially thread safe.

More Information: It is the BaseAddress and DefaultRequestHeaders properties that you should treat with caution with multiple threads. You can read more details and recommendations at the following link: https://medium.com/@nuno.caneco/c-httpclient-should-not-be-disposed-or-should-it-45d2a8f568bc.

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