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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)

Configuring Azure Cognitive Services

Before we start writing any code, we'll need to configure our cognitive service. To accomplish this, you'll need an Azure account; please refer to the chapter 2 (Task Bug Logging ASP.NET Core MVC App Using Cosmos DB) if you don't have one yet.

Let's set-up Cognitive Services:

  1. We'll start by navigating to the Cognitive Services blade in the Azure Portal; you can search for it or select it from the menu on the left-hand side. From this blade, add a new service. Once you do so, you'll be presented with a list of possible cognitive services to create:

  1. Again, you can either search through this list by scrolling down for the Face API or simply typing Face into the search box. This should bring up the Face API and allow you to Create it:

  1. Once you've select Create, you'll be presented with a familiar...