Professional C# 7 and .NET Core 2.0 by Christian Nagel

Professional C# 7 and .NET Core 2.0 by Christian Nagel

The professional's guide to C# 7, with expert guidance on the newest features

Professional C# 7 and .NET Core 2.0 provides experienced programmers with the information they need to work effectively with the world's leading programming language. The latest C# update added many new features that help you get more done in less time, and this book is your ideal guide for getting up to speed quickly. C# 7 focuses on data consumption, code simplification, and performance, with new support for local functions, tuple types, record types, pattern matching, non-nullable reference types, immutable types, and better support for variables. Improvements to Visual Studio will bring significant changes to the way C# developers interact with the space, bringing .NET to non-Microsoft platforms and incorporating tools from other platforms like Docker, Gulp, and NPM. Guided by a leading .NET expert and steeped in real-world practicality, this guide is designed to get you up to date and back to work.

With Microsoft speeding up its release cadence while offering more significant improvement with each update, it has never been more important to get a handle on new tools and features quickly. This book is designed to do just that, and more--everything you need to know about C# is right here, in the single-volume resource on every developer's shelf.

• Tour the many new and enhanced features packed into C# 7 and .NET Core 2.0
• Learn how the latest Visual Studio update makes developers' jobs easier
• Streamline your workflow with a new focus on code simplification and performance enhancement
• Delve into improvements made for localization, networking, diagnostics, deployments, and more

Whether you're entirely new to C# or just transitioning to C# 7, having a solid grasp of the latest features allows you to exploit the language's full functionality to create robust, high -quality apps. Professional C# 7 and .NET Core 2.0 is the one-stop guide to everything you need to know.

Christian Nagel (Guntramsdorf, Austria) of thinktecture is a Microsoft Regional Director (RD), software architect, and developer with more than 20 years development experience. He has been building solutions with.NET technologies since 2000. He has written many .NET books, and is certified as a Microsoft Certified Trainer and Professional Developer for ASP.NET. Christian speaks at international conferences such as TechEd and Tech Days, and supports .NET user groups with INETA Europe.

Bill Evjen (St. Louis, MO) is CTO for Swank Pictures and a Microsoft Regional Director (RD). He has been involved with .NET since 2000 and has since become the founder and president of the International .NET Association (www.ineta.org) representing nearly 500,000 members worldwide.

Morgan Skinner (Manchester, UK) began his computing career at a young age on the Sinclair ZX80. He's been programming in C# and .NET since 2000, and liked it so much he joined Microsoft in 2001.

Jay Glynn (Franklin, TN) started writing software nearly 20 years ago. He is currently a project coordinator and architect for a large financial services company in Nashville, Tennessee.

Karli Watson (Birmingham, UK) is a freelance author and a technical consultant of 3form Ltd and an associate technologist at Content Master.