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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)

Technical requirements

To follow along with the first part of the chapter, you'll need the WinForms designer. At the time of writing, this is in pre-release and can be downloaded from https://aka.ms/winforms-designer.

For the XAML Islands section, you will need to be running Windows 10 1903 or later. By the time this book is published, it is expected that the 1903 release will have been delivered automatically to all Windows 10 machines; however, if you are running an earlier version, then you can force an update by visiting the following link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10.

At the time of writing, this WinForms designer was nowhere near ready for production. Try it out while following the chapter; however, if you find that it is too glitchy, feel free to copy the designer code from the GitHub project.