C# 14 and .NET 10 - Modern Cross-Platform Development Fundamentals - Tenth Edition

<p><strong>An easy-to-follow guide for beginners and intermediate programmers to master modern C# and .NET development through hands-on examples using Visual Studio 2026 and VS Code.</strong></p><p><strong>Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader</strong></p><p><strong>Key Features:</strong></p><p>- Explore the newest additions to the C# language the .NET class libraries and data modeling with Entity Framework Core</p><p>- Build professional modern websites and services with ASP.NET Core Blazor and Minimal API services</p><p>- Enhance your skills with step-by-step code examples and good practice tips</p><p><strong>Book Description:</strong></p><p>C# and .NET continue to power modern cross-platform and enterprise development. With the release of C# 14 and .NET 10 developers gain access to a more capable efficient and future-ready platform for building websites services and applications across Windows Linux and macOS.</p><p>This fully updated tenth edition takes a practical hands-on approach. You'll start with core C# and object-oriented programming concepts then progress through building testing and debugging applications while working with .NET libraries filesystems serialization and LINQ. The book covers key C# 14 enhancements-such as field modifiers partial events and instance constructors explained through real-world examples.</p><p>You'll also build modern web solutions using ASP.NET Core 10 Blazor and Minimal APIs including support for native AOT compilation making this book well suited for cloud-native microservice and container-based development.</p><p>By the end of the book you'll be confident in building maintainable high-performance websites and services aligned with modern .NET development practices.</p><p><strong>What You Will Learn:</strong></p><p>- Discover the new features in .NET 10 including the NumericOrdering option and OrderedDictionary enhancements</p><p>- Leverage the latest ASP.NET Core 10 features such as OpenAPI 3.1 document generation YAML format support and populating XML doc comments</p><p>- Use native AOT publishing for faster startup and reduced memory footprint</p><p>- Build rich web user interface experiences with Blazor</p><p>- Integrate databases into your applications using EF Core 10 entity models</p><p>- Query and manipulate data using LINQ</p><p>- Develop powerful web services with Minimal APIs</p><p><strong>Who this book is for:</strong></p><p>This book is for beginner-to-intermediate C# and .NET developers who want to build modern cross-platform websites and services. Prior experience with C# or .NET is helpful but not required; a basic understanding of programming concepts is sufficient.</p><p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p><p>- Hello C#! Welcome .NET!</p><p>- Speaking C#</p><p>- Controlling Flow Converting Types and Handling Exceptions</p><p>- Writing Debugging and Testing Functions</p><p>- Building Your Own Types with Object-Oriented Programming</p><p>- Implementing Interfaces and Inheriting Classes</p><p>- Packaging and Distributing .NET Types</p><p>- Working with Common .NET Types</p><p>(N.B. Please use the Read Sample option to see further chapters)</p>