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C# 7 and .NET: Designing Modern Cross-platform Applications

By : Mark J. Price, Ovais Mehboob Ahmed Khan
Book Image

C# 7 and .NET: Designing Modern Cross-platform Applications

By: Mark J. Price, Ovais Mehboob Ahmed Khan

Overview of this book

C# is a widely used programming language, thanks to its easy learning curve, versatility, and support for modern paradigms. The language is used to create desktop apps, background services, web apps, and mobile apps. .NET Core is open source and compatible with Mac OS and Linux. There is no limit to what you can achieve with C# and .NET Core. This Learning Path begins with the basics of C# and object-oriented programming (OOP) and explores features of C#, such as tuples, pattern matching, and out variables. You will understand.NET Standard 2.0 class libraries and ASP.NET Core 2.0, and create professional websites, services, and applications. You will become familiar with mobile app development using Xamarin.Forms and learn to develop high-performing applications by writing optimized code with various profiling techniques. By the end of C# 7 and .NET: Designing Modern Cross-platform Applications, you will have all the knowledge required to build modern, cross-platform apps using C# and .NET. This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products: • C# 7.1 and .NET Core 2.0 - Modern Cross-Platform Development - Third Edition by Mark J. Price • C# 7 and .NET Core 2.0 High Performance by Ovais Mehboob Ahmed Khan
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
16
Designing Guidelines for .NET Core Application Performance
Index

Simplifying methods with operators


We might want two instances of a person to be able to procreate. We can implement this by writing methods. Instance methods are actions an object does to itself; static methods are actions the type does. Which you choose depends on what makes sense for the action.

Note

Good Practice Having both the static and instance methods to perform similar actions often makes sense. For example, string has both a Compare static method and a CompareTo instance method. This makes the functionality more visible to programmers using the type.

Implementing some functionality with a method

Add two methods to the Person class that will allow two Person objects to procreate, as shown in the following code:

// methods to "multiply" 
public static Person Procreate(Person p1, Person p2)
{ 
   var baby = new Person  
   {  
      Name = $"Baby of {p1.Name} and {p2.Name}"  
   }; 
   p1.Children.Add(baby); 
   p2.Children.Add(baby); 
   return baby; 
}

public Person ProcreateWith(Person...