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Hands-On Mobile Development with .NET Core

By : Can Bilgin
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Hands-On Mobile Development with .NET Core

By: Can Bilgin

Overview of this book

.NET Core is the general umbrella term used for Microsoft’s cross-platform toolset. Xamarin, used for developing mobile applications, is one of the app model implementations for .NET Core infrastructure. In this book, you'll learn how to design, architect, and develop attractive, maintainable, and robust mobile applications for multiple platforms, including iOS, Android, and UWP, with the toolset provided by Microsoft using Xamarin, .NET Core, and Azure Cloud Services. This book will take you through various phases of application development using Xamarin, from environment setup, design, and architecture to publishing, with the help of real-world scenarios. Throughout the book, you'll learn how to develop mobile apps using Xamarin, Xamarin.Forms, and .NET Standard. You'll even be able to implement a web-based backend composed of microservices with .NET Core using various Azure services including, but not limited to, Azure App Services, Azure Active Directory, Notification Hub, Logic Apps, Azure Functions, and Cognitive Services. The book then guides you in creating data stores using popular database technologies such as Cosmos DB, SQL, and Realm. Finally, you will be able to set up an efficient and maintainable development pipeline to manage the application life cycle using Visual Studio App Center and Visual Studio Services.
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
Index

Integration with Azure services


So far, we have only utilized Cosmos DB in the context of Logic Apps and Azure Functions among the many Azure services that we can integrate with Azure Serverless components. 

As you have seen, these integrations are available through bindings for Azure Functions and through connectors for Logic Apps. Using this integrated business model, multiple architectural patterns can be composed and event-driven scenarios can be accomplished.

Let's take a deeper look at some of these integrated services.

Repository

In the Azure Serverless context, it is fair to say that almost all Azure repository models are tightly integrated with the infrastructure. Let's take a look at the following models: 

  • Cosmos DB: This has an available binding for Azure Functions. This is a connector with various available actions to execute mainstream CRUD actions, as well as advanced scenarios to create, retrieve, and execute stored procedures. Cosmos DB can also be used to trigger Azure Functions...