What are the four access modifiers and what do they do?
private
: This modifier makes a member only visible inside the class.internal
: This modifier makes a member only visible inside the class or within the same assembly.protected
: This modifier makes a member only visible inside the class or derived classes.public
: This modifier makes a member visible everywhere.
What is the difference between the
static
,const
, andreadonly
keywords?static
: This keyword makes the member shared by all instances and accessed through the type.const
: This keyword makes a field a fixed literal value that should never change.readonly
: This keyword makes a field that can only be assigned at runtime using a constructor.
How many parameters can a method have?
A method with 16383 parameters can be compiled, ran, and called. Any more than that and an unstated exception is thrown at runtime. IL has predefined opcodes to load up to four parameters and a special opcode to load up to 16-bits (65,536) parameters. A best practice is to limit your methods to three or four parameters. You can combine multiple parameters into a new class to encapsulate them into a single parameter. You can find more information on this at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12658883/what-is-the-maximum-number-of-parameters-that-a-c-sharp-method-can-be-defined-as
What does a constructor do?
A constructor allocates memory and initializes field values.
Why do you need to apply the
[Flags]
attribute to anenum
type when you want to store combined values?If you don't apply the
[Flags]
attribute to anenum
type when you want to store combined values, then a storedenum
value that is a combination will return as the stored integer value instead of a comma-separated list of text values.
Why is the partial keyword useful?
You can use the
partial
keyword to split the definition of a type over multiple files.
C# 7 and .NET Core: Modern Cross-Platform Development - Second Edition
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
Free Chapter
Hello, C#! Welcome, .NET Core!
Speaking C#
Controlling the Flow, Converting Types, and Handling Exceptions
Using .NET Standard Types
Debugging, Monitoring, and Testing
Building Your Own Types with Object-Oriented Programming
Implementing Interfaces and Inheriting Classes
Working with Databases Using the Entity Framework Core
Querying and Manipulating Data with LINQ
Working with Files, Streams, and Serialization
Protecting Your Data
Improving Performance and Scalability with Multitasking
Building Universal Windows Platform Apps Using XAML
Building Web Applications Using ASP.NET Core MVC
Building Mobile Apps Using Xamarin.Forms and ASP.NET Core Web API
Packaging and Deploying Your Code Cross-Platform
Answers to the Test Your Knowledge Questions
Customer Reviews