.NET Core 2.0 By Example: Learn to program in C# and .NET Core by building a series of practical, cross-platform projects

Key Features

• Bridge the gap between "learning" and "doing" and improve your software development skills
• Covers the best practices of .NET development to improve your productivity
• Example-based approach to get you started quickly with software programming

Book Description

Today we live in a global world with a myriad of tools and technology options that we only dreamed of in the past. Many of us, as developers and architects, are always exploring and thinking of new ways to make better and smarter solutions. Earlier, the differences of target platforms used to be a major road block, but that's not the common case now. This book will take you on a wonderful and exciting journey to building better software with the .NET Core 2.0 framework at the center of it.

This book strives to bring fresh and relevant content around .NET Core 2.0 in a succinct format that makes the reading experience nurturing and enjoyable. It also delivers the concepts in a logical and simple way, as well as the implications, design decisions, and potential pitfalls when targeting Linux and Windows systems.

In this book, we will work on five working projects: a multiplayer Tic Tac Toe game, a real-time chat application "LetsChat" for chatting, a Chat BOT, a microservices-based buying-selling application, and finally a Movie Booking application. They are covered over different chapters, with each chapter starting with a high-level overview of the content ahead, followed by the example application described in detail. At the end of each chapter, you will be proficient not only with the theory but also have a tangible component in the application that makes it easier and better to understand, already giving the heads up for the continuation in the following chapter.

By the end of the book, you will have built five solid projects using all the tools and support provided by the .NET Core 2.0 framework.

What you will learn

• Explore ASP.NET Core 2.0 and the tools available to build cross-platform applications from ground zero
• Integrate, host, and deploy web apps with the cloud (Microsoft Azure)
• Leverage the ncurses native library to extend console capabilities in .NET Core on Linux and learn how to interop with existing native code
• Reuse existing .NET Framework and Mono assemblies from .NET Core 2.0 applications
• Develop real-time web application using ASP.NET Core
• Lean the differences between SOA and microservices and get started with microservices development using ASP.NET Core 2.0
• Get an introduction and walk-through of functional programming with F# and .NET Core

Rishabh Verma is a Microsoft certified professional and works with Microsoft Services as a development consultant, helping customers design, develop, and deploy enterprise-level applications on Microsoft technologies. He has 10 years of hardcore development experience on .NET technology stack. He is an electronic engineer by education and software engineer by profession. He is passionate about creating developer tools, Visual Studio extensions, and utilities for increasing developer productivity. His areas of interest are .NET Compiler Platform (Roslyn), Visual Studio Extensibility, code generation, and so on. In his leisure time, Rishabh loves to play cricket, listen to music, and watch movies. He lives in Hyderabad and is happily married to Neha, the co-author of this book. You can follow him on Twitter at @VermaRishabh. You can also check his blog titled "C#.NET".

Neha Shrivastava is a Microsoft certified professional and works as a Software Engineer in Windows Devices Group at Microsoft India Development Center. She has 7 years of development experience and has rich domain expertise in financial, healthcare, energy, and E-commerce domains.

Neha has a bachelor's degree in electronics engineering and started her career in 2010. Her areas of interest are ASP.NET stack, Azure, and cross-platform development. She is passionate about learning new technologies and keeps herself up-to-date with the latest advancements by reading technical articles and blogs. In her leisure time, she loves to read spiritual books and watching movies. She lives in Hyderabad with her family.