C# 12 and .NET 8 - Modern Cross-Platform Development Fundamentals, Eighth Edition

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What's new in this edition? You can read a detailed list of changes between the 7th and 8th editions. You can also read a set of very short articles I wrote about what's new in C# 12 and .NET 8: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markjamesprice/recent-activity/articles/.

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Chapters and code solutions

Introduction

Chapter 1 Hello C#, Welcome .NET! code/Chapter01

Language

Chapter 2 Speaking C#: code/Chapter02
Chapter 3 Controlling Flow, Converting Types, and Handling Exceptions: code/Chapter03
Chapter 4 Writing, Debugging, and Testing Functions: code/Chapter04
Chapter 5 Building Your Own Types with Object-Oriented Programming: code/Chapter05
Chapter 6 Implementing Interfaces and Inheriting Classes: code/Chapter06

Libraries

Chapter 7 Packaging and Distributing .NET Types: code/Chapter07
Chapter 8 Working with Common .NET Types: code/Chapter08
Chapter 9 Working with Files, Streams, and Serialization: code/Chapter09
Chapter 10 Working with Data Using Entity Framework Core: code/Chapter10
Chapter 11 Querying and Manipulating Data Using LINQ: code/Chapter11

ASP.NET Core web development

Chapter 12 Introducing Web Development Using ASP.NET Core: code/PracticalApps
Chapter 13 Building Websites Using ASP.NET Core Razor Pages: code/PracticalApps/Northwind.Web
Online: Building Websites Using the Model-View-Controller Pattern: code/PracticalApps/Northwind.Mvc
Chapter 14 Building and Consuming Web Services: code/PracticalApps/Northwind.WebApi
Chapter 15 Building User Interface Components Using Blazor: code/PracticalApps/Northwind.Blazor

Appendix and online chapter

Code solutions for Visual Studio 2022 and Visual Studio Code

Figures for all of the code solution folders.

Visual Studio Code now has an extension named C# Dev Kit that includes a solution explorer so it can better work with Visual Studio 2022 solution files. Visual Studio 2022 for Windows, Visual Studio 2022 for Mac, and Visual Studio Code + C# Dev Kit can now use the same code solution files and projects for each chapter, found here: /code.

For Visual Studio Code: To use the chapter solution files with Visual Studio Code, install the C# Dev Kit extension. Then in Visual Studio Code, open the ChapterNN folder that contains a ChapterNN.sln solution file and wait for the SOLUTION EXPLORER pane to appear at the bottom of the EXPLORER. You can drag and drop to reorder the panes to put SOLUTION EXPLORER at the top. Learn more about C# Dev Kit at the following link: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/announcing-csharp-dev-kit-for-visual-studio-code/

Warning! If you use both Visual Studio 2022 and Visual Studio Code to open these solutions, be aware that the build process can conflict. This is because Visual Studio 2022 has its own non-standard build server that is different from the standard build server used by .NET SDK CLI. My recommendation is to only have a solution open in one code editor at any time. You should also clean the solutions between opening in different code editors. For example, after closing the solution in one code editor, I delete the bin and obj folders before then opening in a different code editor.

Companion Book

I have written a companion book titled, Apps and Services with .NET 8, that is designed to follow on from where this book ends. You can also jump to related chapters in the second book to go deeper in topics of interest to go beyond the fundamentals, as shown in the following diagram:

Bonus content

The MVC chapter, appendix, and color figures are available to download as PDFs:

Important

Corrections for typos and other mistakes and improvements like refactoring code. Useful links to other related material.

Command-Lines page lists all commands as a single line that can be copied and pasted to make it easier to enter commands at the prompt.
Book Links
Common Mistakes, Improvements, and Errata aka list of corrections
Eighth edition's support for .NET 9

Microsoft Certifications

Announcing the New Foundational C# Certification with freeCodeCamp: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-foundational-csharp-certification/

Microsoft used to have professional exams and certifications for developers that covered skills like C# and ASP.NET. Sadly, they have retired them all. These days, the only developer-adjacent exams and certifications are for Azure or Power Platform, as you can see from the certification poster: https://aka.ms/traincertposter

Microsoft .NET community support

Interviews with me

Podcast interviews with me:

Written interviews with me:

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