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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)

Web Research Tool with Entity Framework Core

"The biggest lie I tell myself is that I don't need to write it down, I'll remember it."
– Unknown

So, you've got a few minutes to catch up on your feeds. As you scroll through, you come across a link to an article that someone shared about new ways to remember your guitar chords. You really want to read it, but you don't have enough time now. I'll read it later, you tell yourself, and later becomes never. Mainly because you did not write it down.

There are various applications out there that cater to your need to save links for later use. But we're developers. Let's just have some fun writing our own!

In this chapter, we will look at the following topics:

  • Entity Framework (EF) Core history
  • Code-First versus Model-First versus Database-First approach
  • Developing a database design...