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Getting Started with Visual Studio 2017, C# 7.0, and Source Control [Video]

By : Kunal Chowdhury
Book Image

Getting Started with Visual Studio 2017, C# 7.0, and Source Control [Video]

By: Kunal Chowdhury

Overview of this book

<p><span id="description" class="sugar_field">Visual Studio 2017 is the all-new IDE released by Microsoft for developers, targeting Microsoft and other platforms to build stunning Windows and web apps. Learning how to effectively use this technology can enhance your productivity while simplifying your most common tasks, allowing you more time to focus on your project. </span></p> <p><span id="description" class="sugar_field">With this video, you will learn not only what VS2017 offers, but also what it takes to put it to work for your projects.Visual Studio 2017 is packed with improvements that increase productivity, and this video will get you started with the new features introduced in Visual Studio 2017 IDE and C# 7.0. Finally, you'll look at Source Control repositories.</span></p> <h2><span class="sugar_field">Style and Approach</span></h2> <p><span class="sugar_field"><span id="trade_selling_points_c" class="sugar_field">This comprehensive guide covers the advanced and latest features of Visual Studio 2017 and communicates them through a practical approach to explore the underlying concepts of how, when, and why to use it.</span></span></p>
Table of Contents (3 chapters)
Chapter 2
What’s New in C# 7.0?
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Section 4
The Ref Returns and Locals
Since C# 1.0, the language has supported passing parameters to a method by reference using the ref, but there exists no mechanism to return a safe reference to stack or heap memory locations. In C# 7.0, Microsoft has provided the option for developers to return values by reference and store them in local variables as a reference pointer. - See how the return by value works with a pass by reference parameter - Explore new changes to tuples