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Mastering C# and .NET Framework

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Mastering C# and .NET Framework

Overview of this book

Mastering C# and .NET Framework will take you in to the depths of C# 6.0/7.0 and .NET 4.6, so you can understand how the platform works when it runs your code, and how you can use this knowledge to write efficient applications. Take full advantage of the new revolution in .NET development, including open source status and cross-platform capability, and get to grips with the architectural changes of CoreCLR. Start with how the CLR executes code, and discover the niche and advanced aspects of C# programming – from delegates and generics, through to asynchronous programming. Run through new forms of type declarations and assignments, source code callers, static using syntax, auto-property initializers, dictionary initializers, null conditional operators, and many others. Then unlock the true potential of the .NET platform. Learn how to write OWASP-compliant applications, how to properly implement design patterns in C#, and how to follow the general SOLID principles and its implementations in C# code. We finish by focusing on tips and tricks that you'll need to get the most from C# and .NET. This book also covers .NET Core 1.1 concepts as per the latest RTM release in the last chapter.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Mastering C# and .NET Framework
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgements
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 8. Open Source Programming

In this chapter, we're going to review the current state of open source programming with Microsoft technologies and tools. This is something that has been referred to by many technology evangelists as the open source ecosystem.

In this chapter we will cover the following topics:

  • We'll start with the initial movements in this area and explore how they have evolved over time, summarizing the most important initiatives that any developer can access at this moment.

  • Later, we'll revise some of the most popular implementations, either on the side of tools (IDEs) or APIs and languages.

  • We'll look at programming with open source solutions, such as Node.js, how it's is supported within Visual Studio and how easy it is to create a project that uses Node with this environment, as well as how other IDE choices are available, such as Visual Studio Code.

  • Later, we'll go through perhaps the two most important and adopted open source initiatives in Microsoft: the Roslyn project...