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Apps and Services with .NET 8 - Second Edition

By : Mark J. Price
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Book Image

Apps and Services with .NET 8 - Second Edition

5 (7)
By: Mark J. Price

Overview of this book

Elevate your practical C# and .NET skills to the next level with this new edition of Apps and Services with .NET 8. With chapters that put a variety of technologies into practice, including Web API, gRPC, GraphQL, and SignalR, this book will give you a broader scope of knowledge than other books that often focus on only a handful of .NET technologies. You’ll dive into the new unified model for Blazor Full Stack and leverage .NET MAUI to develop mobile and desktop apps. This new edition introduces the latest enhancements, including the seamless implementation of web services with ADO.NET SqlClient's native Ahead-of-Time (AOT) support. Popular library coverage now includes Humanizer and Noda Time. There’s also a brand-new chapter that delves into service architecture, caching, queuing, and robust background services. By the end of this book, you’ll have a wide range of best practices and deep insights under your belt to help you build rich apps and efficient services.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
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Index

Practicing and exploring

Test your knowledge and understanding by answering some questions, getting some hands-on practice, and exploring with deeper research the topics in this chapter.

Exercise 1.1 – Test your knowledge

Use the web to answer the following questions:

  1. Why is it good practice to add the following setting to your project files? And when should you not set it?
    <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
    
  2. Which service technology requires a minimum HTTP version of 2?
  3. In 2010, your organization created a service using .NET Framework and WCF. What is the best technology to migrate it to and why?
  4. Which code editor or IDE should you install for .NET development?
  5. What should you beware of when creating Azure resources?

Exercise 1.2 – Review the online-only sections

To preserve space in the print book, there are some optional online-only sections available in the GitHub...