Apps and Services with .NET 8 - Second Edition

<p><strong>Bestselling author Mark Price is back to guide you through the latest and most common technologies a .NET developer should know: Blazor Full Stack ASP.NET Core MVC ASP.NET Core Minimal APIs .NET MAUI gRPC GraphQL SQL Server Cosmos DB SignalR Azure Functions and more!</strong></p><p><strong>Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format.</strong></p><h4>Key Features</h4><ul><li>Use specialized libraries to improve all aspects of your apps including performance security and localization</li><li>Harness the full potential of .NET using cloud-native data stores like Cosmos DB and unlock scalability performance and resilience in your service implementations</li><li>Unleash the capabilities of Blazor Full Stack and.NET MAUI to develop stunning truly cross-platform apps for web and mobile</li></ul><h4>Book Description</h4><p>Elevate your practical C# and .NET skills to the next level with this new edition of Apps and Services with .NET 8.</p><p>With chapters that put a variety of technologies into practice including Web API gRPC GraphQL and SignalR this book will give you a broader scope of knowledge than other books that often focus on only a handful of .NET technologies. You'll dive into the new unified model for Blazor Full Stack and leverage .NET MAUI to develop mobile and desktop apps.</p><p>This new edition introduces the latest enhancements including the seamless implementation of web services with ADO.NET SqlClient's native Ahead-of-Time (AOT) support. Popular library coverage now includes Humanizer and Noda Time. There's also a brand-new chapter that delves into service architecture caching queuing and robust background services.</p><p>By the end of this book you'll have a wide range of best practices and deep insights under your belt to help you build rich apps and efficient services.</p><h4>What you will learn</h4><ul><li>Familiarize yourself with a variety of technologies to implement services such as gRPC and GraphQL</li><li>Store and manage data locally and cloud-natively with SQL Server and Cosmos DB</li><li>Use ADO.NET SqlClient to implement web services with native AOT publish support</li><li>Leverage Dapper for improved performance over EF Core</li><li>Implement popular third-party libraries such as Serilog FluentValidation Humanizer and Noda Time</li><li>Explore the new unified hosting model of Blazor Full Stack</li></ul><h4>Who this book is for</h4><p>This book is for .NET developers interested in exploring more specialized libraries and implementation fundamentals behind building services and apps.</p><p>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 you can pick up Mark's other .NET book C# 12 and .NET 8 - Modern Cross-Platform Development Fundamentals first.</p><h4>Table of Contents</h4><ol><li>Introducing Apps and Services with .NET</li><li>Managing Relational Data Using SQL Server</li><li>Building Entity Models for SQL Server Using EF Core</li><li>Managing NoSQL Data Using Azure Cosmos DB</li><li>Multitasking and Concurrency</li><li>Using Popular Third-Party Libraries</li><li>Handling Dates Times and Internationalization</li><li>Building and Securing Web Services Using Minimal APIs</li><li>Caching Queuing and Resilient Background Services</li><li>Building Serverless Nanoservices Using Azure Functions</li><li>Broadcasting Real-Time Communication Using SignalR</li><li>Combining Data Sources Using GraphQL</li><li>Building Efficient Microservices Using gRPC</li><li>Building Web User Interfaces Using ASP.NET Core</li><li>Building Web Components Using Blazor</li><li>Building Mobile and Desktop Apps Using .NET MAUI</li></ol>