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Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800568105

Length 822 pages

Edition 5th Edition

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.NET

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Cross Platform Mobile Development

Author (1):

Mark J. Price

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface

1. Hello, C#! Welcome, .NET!

2. Speaking C# FREE CHAPTER

3. Controlling Flow and Converting Types

4. Writing, Debugging, and Testing Functions

5. Building Your Own Types with Object-Oriented Programming

6. Implementing Interfaces and Inheriting Classes

7. Understanding and Packaging .NET Types

8. Working with Common .NET Types

9. Working with Files, Streams, and Serialization

10. Protecting Your Data and Applications

11. Working with Databases Using Entity Framework Core

12. Querying and Manipulating Data Using LINQ

13. Improving Performance and Scalability Using Multitasking

14. Introducing Practical Applications of C# and .NET

15. Building Websites Using ASP.NET Core Razor Pages

16. Building Websites Using the Model-View-Controller Pattern

17. Building Websites Using a Content Management System

18. Building and Consuming Web Services

19. Building Intelligent Apps Using Machine Learning

20. Building Web User Interfaces Using Blazor

21. Building Cross-Platform Mobile Apps

22. Index

Understanding other communication technologies

The ASP.NET Core Web API is not the only Microsoft technology for implementing services or communicating between components of a distributed application. Although we will not cover these technologies in detail, you should be aware of what they can do and when they should be used.

Understanding Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)

In 2006, Microsoft released .NET Framework 3.0 with some major frameworks, one of which was Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). It abstracted the business logic implementation of a service from the technology used to communicate with it. It heavily used XML configuration to declaratively define endpoints, including their address, binding, and contract (known as the ABCs of endpoints). Once you have understood how to do this, it is a powerful yet flexible technology.

Microsoft has decided not to officially port WCF to .NET Core, but there is a community-owned OSS project named Core...