Tools and Skills for .NET 10. Questo articolo non è disponibile.Tools and Skills for .NET 10

Advance your career by mastering key .NET tools and skills, including debugging, source code management, testing, cloud native development, multitasking, and more

Key Features

• Coverage of key .NET tools and skills, including refactoring, source code management, debugging, and more
• Practical guidance on using code editors effectively and implementing good practices
• Explore cutting-edge techniques like cloud native development with Aspire and containerization
• Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen reader

Book Description

.NET is more powerful—and more complex—than ever. As the ecosystem evolves, so do the expectations from developers. Mastering the tools and patterns of professional .NET development can be the difference between simply shipping code and delivering resilient, scalable software. Tools and Skills for .NET 10 is a practical guide to leveling up in today’s .NET world, offering both hard technical skills and career strategies to help you thrive.

Inside, you’ll learn how to manage codebases with Git and implement debugging and memory analysis techniques that save hours of guesswork. The book also covers best practices for writing and maintaining documentation for your code, services, and APIs, which is crucial for team collaboration. You’ll explore cryptography for securing data and concurrency for building responsive apps. Further chapters explore dependency injection, testing for performance and reliability, and packaging your apps in Docker containers.

By the end of this book, you’ll be equipped not only with technical skills but also with the confidence to apply them in real environments. Whether you're aiming for a promotion, switching jobs, or preparing for technical interviews, you'll have the skills and the language to present yourself as a capable, well-rounded .NET developer ready for anything the industry throws at you.

What you will learn

• Make the most of code editor tools for efficient development
• Explore advanced debugging techniques and troubleshooting strategies
• Understand how to protect data and applications using cryptography
• Build responsive, high-performance projects using multitasking and concurrency
• Discover how to master dependency injection
• Optimize performance through benchmarking and testing
• Delve into cloud-native development using Aspire
• Advance your career with advice on job readiness and interviews

Who this book is for

This book is for .NET professionals seeking to enhance their expertise, as well as aspiring developers aiming to advance their careers in the field. This book caters to individuals eager to master essential .NET tools, refine their development practices, explore advanced techniques and cutting-edge tools, and prepare themselves for job opportunities and interviews in the competitive landscape of .NET development.

Table of Contents

1. Introducing Tools and Skills for .NET
2. Making the Most of the Tools in Your Code Editor
3. Source Code Management Using Git
4. Debugging and Memory Troubleshooting
5. Logging, Tracing, and Metrics for Observability
6. Documenting Your Code, APIs, and Services
7. Observing and Modifying Code Execution Dynamically
8. Protecting Data and Apps Using Cryptography
9. Multitasking and Concurrency
10. Dependency Injection, Containers, and Service Lifetime
11. Unit Testing and Mocking
12. Integration and Security Testing
13. Benchmarking Performance, Load, and Stress Testing
14. Functional and End-to-End Testing of Websites and Services
15. Containerization Using Docker

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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.