C# 7 and .NET Core 2.0 Blueprints

Table of contents

1. Title Page
2. Copyright and Credits
   1. C# 7 and .NET Core 2.0 Blueprints
3. Dedication
4. Packt Upsell
   1. Why subscribe?
   2. PacktPub.com
5. Contributors
   1. About the authors
   2. About the reviewer
   3. Packt is searching for authors like you
6. Preface
   1. Who this book is for
   2. What this book covers
   3. To get the most out of this book
      1. Download the example code files
      2. Conventions used
   4. Get in touch
      1. Reviews
7. eBook Manager and Catalogue App
   1. Setting up the project
   2. Virtual Storage Spaces and extension methods
      1. The DocumentEngine class
      2. The ImportBooks form
      3. Expression-bodied accessors, constructors, and finalizers
      4. Populating the TreeView control
      5. Local functions
      6. Pattern matching
      7. Finishing up the ImportBooks code
      8. Throw expressions
      9. Saving a selected book to a storage space
   3. Main eBookManager form
   4. Running the eBookManager application
   5. Summary
8. Cricket Score Calculator and Tracker
   1. Setting up the project
   2. Object-oriented programming
      1. Abstraction
      2. Polymorphism
         1. Compile-time polymorphism versus run-time polymorphism
      3. Inheritance
      4. Encapsulation
         1. Encapsulation versus abstraction
   3. Classes in Cricket Score Tracker
      1. Abstract classes
      2. Interfaces 
      3. Classes
   4. Putting it all together
      1. SOLID design principles
         1. Single responsibility principle
         2. Open/closed principle
   5. Summary
9. Cross Platform .NET Core System Info Manager
   1. Setting up the project on Windows
      1. The project in detail
      2. Climacons
      3. The Startup.cs file
      4. The InformationModel class
      5. The InformationController class
      6. The GetInfo view
   2. Running the application on macOS
   3. Setting up the app on Linux
   4. Summary
10. Task Bug Logging ASP .NET Core MVC App
    1. What are the benefits of using MongoDB?
       1. Faster development with MongoDB
       2. Career–enhancing skillset
       3. MongoDB is ranked well in the industry
    2. Setting up MongoDB on your local machine
    3. Connecting your ASP.NET Core MVC application to MongoDB
       1. Adding the NuGet package
       2. Creating the MongoDbRepository class
    4. Reading and writing data to MongoDB
       1. Creating the interfaces and Work ItemService
       2. Creating the view
       3. Modifying the HomeController
       4. Adding work items
       5. Redirecting to the list of work items
    5. Summary
11. ASP.NET SignalR Chat Application
    1. Project layout
    2. Setting up the project
    3. Adding the SignalR libraries
    4. Building the server
       1. SignalR Hub subclass
       2. Configuration changes
    5. Creating a client
       1. Included libraries
       2. Naming section
       3. Chat input
       4. Conversation panel
       5. Archive function
       6. JavaScript functions
    6. Solution overview
    7. Showing and telling
       1. Running the application
       2. Getting the party started
       3. Archiving the chat
    8. Summary
12. Web Research Tool with Entity Framework Core
    1. Entity Framework (EF) Core history
       1. Enter Entity Framework
    2. Code-First versus Model-First versus Database-First approach
       1. Code-First approach
       2. Model-First approach
       3. Database-First approach
    3. Developing a database design
    4. Setting up the project
    5. Installing the required packages
       1. Entity Framework Core SQL Server
       2. Entity Framework Core tools
       3. Code generation design
          1. Creating the models
          2. Configuring the services
          3. Creating the database
          4. Seeding the database with test data
          5. Creating the controller
          6. Running the application
    6. Deploying the application
       1. Microsoft Azure App Service
       2. Custom targets
          1. FTP
          2. Web Deploy
          3. Web Deploy Package
          4. File System
       3. Folder
       4. Import Profile
    7. Summary
13. A Serverless Email Validation Azure Function
    1. Beginning with serverless computing
       1. Importance of serverless computing
    2. Features of Azure Functions
       1. Choice of languages
       2. Pay-per-use pricing
       3. Flexible development
    3. What types of Azure Functions can I create?
    4. Creating an Azure Function
    5. Modifying the Azure Function code
    6. Calling an Azure Function from an ASP.NET Core MVC application
       1. Creating the login form
       2. Hooking it all up
    7. Summary
14. Twitter Clone Using OAuth
    1. Using Tweetinvi
       1. The ASP.NET Core MVC Twitter clone application
       2. Creating your application on Twitter
       3. Creating the ASP.NET Core MVC Application and adding the NuGet package
    2. Let's code
       1. Setting up the classes and settings
       2. Creating the TweetItem class
       3. Setting up the CSS
       4. Adding the controllers
       5. Creating views
       6. Modifying HomeController
       7. Creating the TwitterViewModel class
       8. Creating the HomeTimeline view
       9. Modifying the TwitterController class
       10. Finishing up—the ComposeTweet view
    3. Running the CoreTwitter application
    4. Summary
15. Using Docker and ASP.NET Core
    1. What is Docker?
       1. Images and containers
       2. Where does Docker run?
       3. How Docker benefits web developers
    2. Installing Docker on Windows 10 Pro
       1. Understanding Docker
       2. Running an ASP.NET Core application from Visual Studio 2017 inside Docker
       3. Adding Docker support to an existing ASP.NET Core application
       4. Using Docker Hub with GitHub
    3. Summary
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