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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 a class library and console application


We will start by defining a solution/project like the one created in Chapter 6, Building Your Own Types with Object-Oriented Programming. If you completed all the exercises in that chapter, then you can open it and continue with it. Otherwise, follow the instructions for your preferred development tool below.

Using Visual Studio 2017

In Visual Studio 2017, press Ctrl + Shift + N or go to File | New | Project....

In the New Project dialog, in the Installed | Templates list, expand Visual C#, and select .NET Standard. In the center list, select Class Library (.NET Standard), type Name as Ch07_PacktLibrary, change Location to C:\Code, type Solution name as Chapter07, and then click on OK.

In Solution Explorer, right-click on the file named Class1.cs and choose Rename. Type the name as Person. Modify the contents like this:

    namespace Packt.CS7 
    { 
      public class Person 
      { 
      } 
    } 

Add a new...