Mark J. Price is a Microsoft Specialist: Programming in C# and Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions, with over 20 years of 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 Microsoft Certified Trainers up-to-speed on C# and .NET. Mark has spent most of his career training a wide variety of students, from 16-year-old apprentices to 70-year-old retirees, with the majority being professional developers. Mark holds a BSc in Computer Science.

• Table of ContentsHello, C#! Welcome, .NET Core!Speaking C#Controlling Flow and Converting TypesWriting, Debugging, and Testing FunctionsBuilding Your Own Types with Object-Oriented ProgrammingImplementing Interfaces and Inheriting ClassesUnderstanding and Packaging .NET TypesWorking with Common .NET TypesWorking with Files, Streams, and SerializationProtecting Your Data and ApplicationsWorking with Databases Using Entity Framework CoreQuerying and Manipulating Data with LINQImproving Performance and Scalability with MultitaskingIntroducing Practical Applications of C# and .NETBuilding Websites Using ASP.NET Core Razor PagesBuilding Websites Using the Model-View-Controller PatternBuilding Websites Using a Content Management SystemBuilding and Consuming Web ServicesBuilding Intelligent Apps Using Machine LearningBuilding Web User Interfaces Using BlazorBuilding Cross-Platform Mobile Apps Using Xamarin.FormsAppendix A (Bonus Chapter)Appendix B (Bonus Chapter)

Mark J. Price is a Microsoft Specialist: Programming in C# and Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions, with over 20 years of 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 Microsoft Certified Trainers up-to-speed on C# and .NET. Mark has spent most of his career training a wide variety of students, from 16-year-old apprentices to 70-year-old retirees, with the majority being professional developers. Mark holds a BSc in Computer Science.

• Table of ContentsHello, C#! Welcome, .NET Core!Speaking C#Controlling Flow and Converting TypesWriting, Debugging, and Testing FunctionsBuilding Your Own Types with Object-Oriented ProgrammingImplementing Interfaces and Inheriting ClassesUnderstanding and Packaging .NET TypesWorking with Common .NET TypesWorking with Files, Streams, and SerializationProtecting Your Data and ApplicationsWorking with Databases Using Entity Framework CoreQuerying and Manipulating Data with LINQImproving Performance and Scalability with MultitaskingIntroducing Practical Applications of C# and .NETBuilding Websites Using ASP.NET Core Razor PagesBuilding Websites Using the Model-View-Controller PatternBuilding Websites Using a Content Management SystemBuilding and Consuming Web ServicesBuilding Intelligent Apps Using Machine LearningBuilding Web User Interfaces Using BlazorBuilding Cross-Platform Mobile Apps Using Xamarin.FormsAppendix A (Bonus Chapter)Appendix B (Bonus Chapter)

Mark J. Price is a Microsoft Specialist: Programming in C# and Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions, with over 20 years of 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 Microsoft Certified Trainers up-to-speed on C# and .NET. Mark has spent most of his career training a wide variety of students, from 16-year-old apprentices to 70-year-old retirees, with the majority being professional developers. Mark holds a BSc in Computer Science.

• Table of ContentsHello, C#! Welcome, .NET Core!Speaking C#Controlling Flow and Converting TypesWriting, Debugging, and Testing FunctionsBuilding Your Own Types with Object-Oriented ProgrammingImplementing Interfaces and Inheriting ClassesUnderstanding and Packaging .NET TypesWorking with Common .NET TypesWorking with Files, Streams, and SerializationProtecting Your Data and ApplicationsWorking with Databases Using Entity Framework CoreQuerying and Manipulating Data with LINQImproving Performance and Scalability with MultitaskingIntroducing Practical Applications of C# and .NETBuilding Websites Using ASP.NET Core Razor PagesBuilding Websites Using the Model-View-Controller PatternBuilding Websites Using a Content Management SystemBuilding and Consuming Web ServicesBuilding Intelligent Apps Using Machine LearningBuilding Web User Interfaces Using BlazorBuilding Cross-Platform Mobile Apps Using Xamarin.FormsAppendix A (Bonus Chapter)Appendix B (Bonus Chapter)