C# Features Succinctly
This is the companion repo for C# Features Succinctly by Dirk Strauss. Published by Syncfusion.
1 - The History of C#
C# is continuing to evolve and improve with each major release of the language. As the C# team is innovating and adding features to C#, they share their thought process around the design of C# with the community.
2 - C# 7 Features Recap
To appreciate what C# 8.0 has to offer developers, it is important that we revisit some of the features available in C# 7.
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out variables
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Discards
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Tuples
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Pattern matching
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Local functions
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Expression-bodied members
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Generalized async return types
3 - C# 8.0 Features
With the release of C# 8.0 developers have been given more features and enhancements to improve their codebases with. I say improve, because C# 8.0 introduces many very nice language features such as pattern matching enhancements.
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Default interface methods
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Nullable reference types
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Asynchronous streams
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Asynchronous disposable
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Indices and ranges
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Switch expressions
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Readonly members
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Using declarations
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Static local functions
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Disposable ref structs
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Null-coalescing assignment
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Unmanaged constructed types
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Stackalloc in nested expressions
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Enhancement of interpolated verbatim strings
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Enabling C# 8 in any .NET project
4 - The Future of C# and C# 9
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Top-level programs
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Relational and logical patterns
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Target-typed new expressions
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Init-only properties
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Init accessors and readonly fields
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Records
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More C# 9.0 goodies
5 - .NET Productivity Features in Visual Studio
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Developer PowerShell inside Visual Studio
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The Visual Studio Git Window
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Drag and drop projects to add a reference
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Searching Visual Studio
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Code analyzers
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File header support in .editorconfig
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C# Language resources
- C# language reference
- C# language proposals
- C# language design meetings
- C# language design
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