Once you´ve mastered the core features of C# as a programming language, you´re ready to take the next step. The .NET platform offers an incredibly rich and diverse set of APIs that cover all aspects of contemporary development.
This course takes a detailed look at the areas of C# and .NET that have particular resonance to developers today, including asynchrony, creating decoupled and adaptable systems, test-driven development, web development, and containerization using Docker.
What you'll learn:
C# language innovations
Nullable types
Asynchronous programming techniques
Parallelization and concurrency
.NET Core and ASP.NET Core features
Containerization using Docker
Dynamic programming
Dependency injection
Design patterns
Test-driven development
Prerequisites:
At least 6 months C# programming experience
Course outline:
Introduction to .NET:
Overview of .NET
Using Visual Studio with .NET
Understanding top-level statements
Nullable Types:
Nullable reference types
Nullable value types
Null coalescing operators
C# Language Innovations – Part 1:
Tuples
Pattern matching
Additional pattern matching techniques
Record types
C# Language Innovations – Part 2:
Ranges and indices
Disposing objects via using declarations
Default methods in interfaces
Additional new features in the latest versions of C#
Delegates, Events, and Lambda Expressions:
Using delegates effectively
Lambda expressions
Standard delegate types
Events
Generics in Depth:
Generics essentials
A closer look at generics
Generic structs, delegates, interfaces
Generic methods
Contravariance and covariance
Parallelization and Asynchronous Methods:
Parallelization
Async methods
Async streams
Dynamic Programming:
Using the dynamic keyword
Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR)
Containerizing .NET Applications:
Publishing .NET applications
Overview of containerization and Docker
Understanding Docker images
A closer look at images and containers
How to Containerize a .NET application
NET Web Applications:
Getting Started with ASP.NET
Creating a minimal ASP.NET web app
Containerizing an ASP.NET web app
Using VS support for containerization
Design Patterns:
Overview of design patterns
Pattern classification
Creational patterns
Structural patterns
Behavioural patterns
Introduction to Unit Testing in .NET:
Setting the scene
TDD using Test Explorer
Additional techniques
Unit Testing with xUnit.net:
Getting started with xUnit.net
A closer look at xUnit.net
Test-Driven Development:
Effective test-driven development
Refactoring techniques
Types of test
Test Doubles:
Making code testable
Overview of test doubles
Using stubs; Using mocks
Dependency Injection:
DI concepts
DI frameworks
Using DI in ASP.NET
DI examples