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.NET Standard 2.0 Cookbook

By : Fiqri Ismail
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.NET Standard 2.0 Cookbook

By: Fiqri Ismail

Overview of this book

The .NET Standard is a standard that represents a set of APIs that all .NET platforms have to implement, making it easy for developers to access and use one common library for their development needs. This book begins with a quick refresher, helping you understand the mechanics of the new standard and offering insight into how it works. You’ll explore the core library concepts, such as working with collections, configurations, I/O, security, and multithreading. You’ll explore the iOS and Android libraries of Xamarin and we’ll guide you through creating a .NET Standard 2.0 library, which you’ll use with both Android and iOS applications. In the final chapters, you’ll learn the various debugging and diagnostics tools to deliver quality libraries and create a NuGet package of the .NET Standard 2.0 library. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to expand your current workflow to various .NET flavors and have the essential skills to create a .NET Standard 2.0 library from scratch to package and deliver it to the world.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Creating a classic Windows application and testing the NuGet package


In this recipe, we will look at creating a classic Windows application and using the NuGet package submitted in the previous chapter. We will create a brand new project and use the library.

Getting ready

Make sure you have completed the previous recipe that submitted a NuGet package. Make sure that the package is ready for installation at nuget.org.

How to do it...

  1. Open Visual Studio 2017.
  2. Click File | New|Project and select Windows Classic Desktop in the right-hand pane under Visual C#
  3. Select Windows Forms App (.NET Framework) in the right-hand pane:

  1. Now, in the Name: textbox, type Chapter11.Packaging.WinAppUsage and, under the Location: textbox, select a proper location and leave the other fields as they are:
  1. Click OK.
  2. The Solution Explorer (Ctrl + Alt + L) should look like this:
  1. Now, click on Form1.cs and change the name to MainForm.cs.
  2. Answer Yes to confirm the change to the class name as well.
  3. Now, drag two buttons to the form...