| Publisher | Packt Publishing (November 15, 2022) |
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 814 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1801813434 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1801813433 |
| Item Weight | 3.06 pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.25 x 7.52 x 1.67 inches |
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,226,044 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #149 in Microsoft .NET #196 in C# Programming (Books) #267 in Microsoft C & C++ Windows Programming |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 70Reviews |
C# 11 and .NET 7 – Modern Cross-Platform Development Fundamentals is best read linearly, as knowledge in earlier chapters is needed for later ones. Each chapter of Apps and Services with .NET 7 is as independent as possible; you can dip into them in any order, treating the book more as a cookbook of recipes.
I designed the two books to complement each other: first the fundamentals, then specialized libraries and technologies.
Each chapter explores a technology to a meaningful depth:
Explore a modern and flexible way to combine and expose your data as a service
Build cross-platform mobile and desktop apps with .NET MAUI and integrate them with Blazor components
Manage relational and NoSQL data with SQL Server and Cosmos DB
Use a modern high-performance RPC framework for improved efficiency and scalability
As a technical trainer, I get to talk with thousands of .NET developers. I hear what projects they are working on and what technologies they are using to implement them. I have been working with Microsoft developer technologies for my entire 30+ year career.
There are often commonalities between specific technologies in a category like services. So, learning the best one or two is enough to grasp the important concepts and techniques for all others in that category too. For example, I picked SQL Server as the relational database and Cosmos DB as the cloud database. These are the most likely two databases that a .NET developer will encounter in their working lives.
For students or programmers early in their careers, a broader approach is best, and the common ideas can then be applied throughout their career as they encounter “newer” technologies. Ideas come in and out of fashion, and every few decades they repeat in cycles.
