Table of Contents

Hello, C#! Welcome, .NET Core!

Speaking C#

Controlling Flow and Converting Types

Writing, Debugging, and Testing Functions

Building Your Own Types with Object-Oriented Programming

Implementing Interfaces and Inheriting Classes

Understanding and Packaging .NET Types

Working with Common .NET Types

Working with Files, Streams, and Serialization

Protecting Your Data and Applications

Working with Databases Using Entity Framework Core

Querying and Manipulating Data with LINQ

Improving Performance and Scalability with Multitasking

Introducing Practical Applications of C# and .NET

Building Websites Using ASP.NET Core Razor Pages

Building Websites Using the Model-View-Controller Pattern

Building Websites Using a Content Management System

Building and Consuming Web Services

Building Intelligent Apps Using Machine Learning

Building Web User Interfaces Using Blazor

Building Cross-Platform Mobile Apps Using Xamarin.Forms

Appendix A (Bonus Chapter)

Appendix B (Bonus Chapter)

About the Author

Mark J. Price is a Microsoft Specialist: Programming in C# and Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions, with over 20 years' experience. Since 1993, he has passed more than 80 Microsoft programming exams and specializes in preparing others to pass them. Between 2001 and 2003, Mark was employed to write official courseware for Microsoft in Redmond, USA. His team wrote the first training courses for C# while it was still an early alpha version. While with Microsoft, he taught "train-the-trainer" classes to get other MCTs up-to-speed on C# and .NET. Mark holds a Computer Science BSc. Hons. Degree.