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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

Concepts

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 XAML

In 2006, Microsoft released Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), which was the first technology to use XAML. Silverlight, for web and mobile apps, quickly followed, but it is no longer supported by Microsoft. WPF is still used today to create Windows desktop applications; for example, Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 is partially built using WPF.

XAML can be used to build parts of the following apps:

UWP apps for Windows 10 devices, Xbox One, and Mixed Reality headsets.
WPF apps for Windows desktop, including Windows 7 and later.
Xamarin.Forms apps for mobile and desktop devices, including Android, iOS, Windows, and macOS. In 2021, with the release of .NET 6, this will evolve into .NET MAUI (Multi-platform App User Interface).