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C# 8 and .NET Core 3 Projects Using Azure - Second Edition

By : Paul Michaels, Dirk Strauss, Jas Rademeyer
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C# 8 and .NET Core 3 Projects Using Azure - Second Edition

By: Paul Michaels, Dirk Strauss, Jas Rademeyer

Overview of this book

.NET Core is a general-purpose, modular, cross-platform, and opensource implementation of .NET. The latest release of .NET Core 3 comes with improved performance and security features, along with support for desktop applications. .NET Core 3 is not only useful for new developers looking to start learning the framework, but also for legacy developers interested in migrating their apps. Updated with the latest features and enhancements, this updated second edition is a step-by-step, project-based guide. The book starts with a brief introduction to the key features of C# 8 and .NET Core 3. You'll learn to work with relational data using Entity Framework Core 3, before understanding how to use ASP.NET Core. As you progress, you’ll discover how you can use .NET Core to create cross-platform applications. Later, the book will show you how to upgrade your old WinForms apps to .NET Core 3. The concluding chapters will then help you use SignalR effectively to add real-time functionality to your applications, before demonstrating how to implement MongoDB in your apps. Finally, you'll delve into serverless computing and how to build microservices using Docker and Kubernetes. By the end of this book, you'll be proficient in developing applications using .NET Core 3.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Summary

As we discussed in this chapter, SignalR is really easy to implement. We created a chat application, but there are a number of apps that can benefit from real-time experiences. These include the stock exchange, social media, multiplayer games, auctions, e-commerce, financial reporting, and weather notifications. The list can go on. Even if the need for real-time data is not a requirement, SignalR can still be beneficial for any app to make communication between nodes seamless.

Glancing at the GitHub page for ASP.NET SignalR (https://github.com/aspnet/SignalR), it is obvious that the library is constantly being worked on and improved, which is great news.

With the need for quick, relevant, and accurate information becoming more critical, SignalR is a useful tool to be aware of, especially since, with Azure, you can simply hand off the problem of scaling to Microsoft.

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