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C# 7 and .NET Core: Modern Cross-Platform Development - Second Edition

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C# 7 and .NET Core: Modern Cross-Platform Development - Second Edition

Overview of this book

If you want to build powerful cross-platform applications with C# 7 and .NET Core, then this book is for you. First, we’ll run you through the basics of C#, as well as object-oriented programming, before taking a quick tour through the latest features of C# 7 such as tuples, pattern matching, out variables, and so on. After quickly taking you through C# and how .NET works, we’ll dive into the .NET Standard 1.6 class libraries, covering topics such as performance, monitoring, debugging, serialization and encryption. The final section will demonstrate the major types of application that you can build and deploy cross-device and cross-platform. In this section, we’ll cover Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps, web applications, mobile apps, and web services. Lastly, we’ll look at how you can package and deploy your applications so that they can be hosted on all of today’s most popular platforms, including Linux and Docker. By the end of the book, you’ll be armed with all the knowledge you need to build modern, cross-platform applications using C# and .NET Core.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
C# 7 and .NET Core: Modern Cross-Platform Development - Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Setting up Entity Framework Core


The Entity Framework (EF) was first released as part of .NET Framework 3.5 with Service Pack 1 back in late 2008. Since then, it has evolved, as Microsoft has observed how programmers use an object-relational mapping (ORM) tool in the real world.

The version included with .NET Framework 4.6 is Entity Framework 6.1.3 (EF6). It is mature, stable, and supports the old EDMX design-time way of defining the model as well as complex inheritance models, and a few other advanced features. However, EF6 is only supported by the .NET Framework, not by the .NET Core.

The cross-platform version, Entity Framework Core (EF Core), is different. Microsoft has named it that way to emphasize that it is a reset of functionality. Although EF Core has a similar name, you should be aware that it currently varies from EF6.

Look at its pros and cons:

  • Pros

    • EF Core is available for the .NET Core as well as the .NET Framework, which means it can be used cross-platform on Linux and macOS as...