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C# 11 and .NET 7 – Modern Cross-Platform Development Fundamentals - Seventh Edition

By : Mark J. Price
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Book Image

C# 11 and .NET 7 – Modern Cross-Platform Development Fundamentals - Seventh Edition

4.2 (5)
By: Mark J. Price

Overview of this book

Extensively revised to accommodate the latest features that come with C# 11 and .NET 7, this latest edition of our guide will get you coding in C# with confidence. You’ll learn object-oriented programming, writing, testing, and debugging functions, implementing interfaces, and inheriting classes. Next, you’ll take on .NET APIs for performing tasks like managing and querying data, working with the filesystem, and serialization. As you progress, you’ll also explore examples of cross-platform projects you can build and deploy, such as websites and services using ASP.NET Core. Instead of distracting you with unnecessary graphical user interface code, the first eleven chapters will teach you about C# language constructs and many of the .NET libraries through simple console applications. Having mastered the basics, you’ll then start building websites, web services, and browser apps. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to create rich web experiences and have a solid grasp of object-oriented programming that you can build upon.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
18
Index

Practicing and exploring

Test your knowledge and understanding by answering some questions, getting some hands-on practice, and exploring this chapter’s topics with more in-depth research.

Exercise 9.1 – Test your knowledge

Answer the following questions:

  1. What is the difference between using the File class and the FileInfo class?
  2. What is the difference between the ReadByte method and the Read method of a stream?
  3. When would you use the StringReader, TextReader, and StreamReader classes?
  4. What does the DeflateStream type do?
  5. How many bytes per character does UTF-8 encoding use?
  6. What is an object graph?
  7. What is the best serialization format to choose for minimizing space requirements?
  8. What is the best serialization format to choose for cross-platform compatibility?
  9. Why is it bad to use a string value like "\Code\Chapter01" to represent a path, and what should you do instead?
  10. Where can you...