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Adopting .NET 5

By : Hammad Arif, Habib Qureshi
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Adopting .NET 5

By: Hammad Arif, Habib Qureshi

Overview of this book

.NET 5 is the unification of all .NET technologies in a single framework that can run on all platforms and provide a consistent experience to developers, regardless of the device, operating system (OS), or cloud platform they choose. By updating to .NET 5, you can build software that can quickly adapt to the rapidly changing demands of modern consumers and stay up to date on the latest technology trends in .NET. This book provides a comprehensive overview of all the technologies that will form the future landscape of .NET using practical examples based on real-world scenarios, along with best practices to help you migrate from legacy platforms. You’ll start by learning about Microsoft’s vision and rationale for the unification of the platforms. Then, you’ll cover all the new language enhancements in C# 9. As you advance, you’ll find out how you can align yourself with modern technology trends, focusing on everything from microservices to orchestrated containerized deployments. Finally, you’ll learn how to effectively integrate machine learning in .NET code. By the end of this .NET book, you’ll have gained a thorough understanding of the .NET 5 platform, together with a readiness to adapt to future .NET release cycles, and you’ll be able to make architectural decisions about porting legacy systems and code bases to a newer platform.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
1
Section 1: Features and Capabilities
4
Section 2: Design and Architecture
7
Section 3: Migration
10
Section 4: Bonus

Section 1: Features and Capabilities

The first section is about focusing on the grand picture. It introduces the .NET 5 technology and talks about its differentiating factors by comparing it with the previous .NET versions and technologies. It presents the .NET 5 feature set and examines its usability across different types of applications and platforms, such as web, desktop, mobile, cloud, and IoT.

It then highlights the performance improvements that have been one of the cornerstones of the new .NET platform. Finally, there is a chapter dedicated to C# developers, covering all the exciting language enhancements in C# 9 that help us write concise yet readable code.

This section comprises the following chapters: