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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)

Creating our Windows Service

To create the Windows Service, let's start with a new .NET Core 3 console application:


You may wish to separate parts of this application into their own class libraries if you choose to extend this application. Clearly, the functionality that we're using is not restricted to a console application. If the functionality was in its own class, you could simply call it from a desktop application.

The next step is to install the Windows Compatibility NuGet package:

Install-Package Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility

This will allow us to create a Windows Service.


It's worth noting at this stage that, despite being .NET Core, this application will not be cross-platform; in fact, any application using the Windows Compatibility Pack will not be.

Now that we've installed this, we can create the service. We'll need a class similar to this...