Bestselling author Mark Price is back to guide you through the coolest and most common technologies a .NET developer should Blazor, .NET MAUI, gRPC, GraphQL, SQL Server, Cosmos DB, OData, SignalR, Azure Functions, and more!
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Key FeaturesBuild services using a variety of technologies including Web API, OData, gRPC, GraphQL, SignalR, and Azure FunctionsLearn how to use specialized libraries to improve all aspects of your applications, including performance and localizationLeverage .NET MAUI to develop cross-platform desktop and mobile apps with easeBook DescriptionApps and Services with .NET 7 is for .NET 6 and .NET 7 developers who want to kick their C# and .NET understanding up a gear by learning the practical skills and knowledge they need to build real-world applications and services. It covers specialized libraries that will help you monitor and improve performance, secure your data and applications, and internationalize your code and apps.
With chapters that put a variety of technologies into practice, including Web API, OData, gRPC, GraphQL, SignalR, and Azure Functions, this book will give you a broader scope of knowledge than other books that often focus on only a handful of .NET technologies. It covers the latest developments, libraries, and technologies that will help keep you up to date.
You'll also leverage .NET MAUI to develop mobile apps for iOS and Android as well as desktop apps for Windows and macOS.
What you will learnLearn how to build more efficient, secure, and scalable apps and servicesLeverage specialized .NET libraries to improve your applicationsImplement popular third-party libraries like Serilog and FluentValidationBuild cross-platform apps with .NET MAUI and integrate with native mobile featuresGet familiar with a variety of technologies for implementing services like gRPC and GraphQLExplore Blazor WebAssembly and use open-source Blazor component librariesStore and manage data locally and in the cloud with SQL Server and Cosmos DBWho this book is forThis book is for .NET developers interested in exploring more specialized libraries and implementation fundamentals behind building services and apps.
You'll need to know your way around .NET and C# quite well before you can dive in, so if you want to work your way up to this book, pick up Mark's other .NET book, C# 11 and .NET 7 – Modern Cross-Platform Development Fundamentals, first.
Table of ContentsIntroducing Apps and Services with .NETManaging Relational Data Using SQL ServerManaging NoSQL Data Using Azure Cosmos DBBenchmarking Performance, Multitasking, and ConcurrencyImplementing Popular Third-Party LibrariesObserving and Modifying Code Execution DynamicallyHandling Dates, Times, and InternationalizationProtecting Your Data and ApplicationsBuilding and Securing Web Services with Minimal APIsExposing Data via the Web Using ODataCombining Data Sources Using GraphQLBuilding Efficient Microservices Using gRPCBroadcasting Real-Time Communication Using SignalRBuilding Serverless Nanoservices Using Azure FunctionsBuilding Web
Mark J Price is a former Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and current Microsoft Specialist: Programming in C# and Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions, with more than 20 years' of educational and programming experience.
Since 1993 Mark has passed more than 80 Microsoft programming exams and specializes in preparing others to pass them too. His students range from professionals with decades of experience to 16-year-old apprentices with none. Mark successfully guides all of them by combining educational skills with real-world experience consulting and developing systems for enterprises worldwide.
Between 2001 and 2003 Mark was employed full-time to write official courseware for Microsoft in Redmond, USA. Mark's 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.
Currently, Mark creates and delivers training courses for Episerver's Digital Experience Platform, the best .NET CMS for Digital Marketing and E-commerce.
In 2010 Mark studied for a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE). He taught GCSE and A-Level mathematics in two London secondary schools. Mark holds a Computer Science BSc. Hons. Degree from the University of Bristol, UK.