Advanced C# Development

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Course Description

Once you've mastered the core features of C# as a programming language, you're ready to take the next step. The .NET Framework offers an incredibly rich and diverse set of APIs that cover all aspects of contemporary development. This Advanced C# Development training course takes a detailed look at the areas of C# and .NET that have particular resonance to developers today, including asynchrony, creating decoupled and adaptable systems, test-driven development, .NET Core features, and containerization using Docker. The course also covers all the new features in C# 8.

What you'll learn:

•     Asynchronous programming techniques
•     Parallelization and concurrency
•     Debugging multithreaded code
•     Reflection and metadata
•     .NET Core and ASP.NET Core features
•     Containerization using Docker
•     Dynamic programming
•     Dependency injection
•     Test-driven development

Course Outline

Delegates, Events, and Lambda Expressions

•     Delegates
•     Anonymous Methods and Lambdas
•     Standard Delegate Types
•     Events
•     Multicast Delegates
•     Asynchronous Delegates

Generics in Depth

•     Generics Essentials
•     A Closer Look at Generics
•     Generic Structs, Interfaces, Delegates
•     Generic Methods

Additional C# Language Features

•     Tuples
•     Initialization Techniques
•     Anonymous Types
•     Extension Methods

LINQ to Objects

•     Introduction to LINQ
•     Using LINQ with Arrays
•     Using LINQ with Collections
•     LINQ Techniques
•     LINQ Under the Hood

NET Core Applications

•     Getting Started with .NET Core
•     Overview of Containerization and Docker
•     Understanding Docker Images
•     A Closer Look at Images and Containers
•     How to Containerize a .NET Core Application

ASP.NET Core Web Applications

•     Getting Started with ASP.NET Core
•     Creating a Minimal ASP.NET Core Web App
•     Containerizing an ASP.NET Core Web App
•     Using VS Support for Containerization

What's New in C# 8

•     Nullable Reference Types
•     Improved Pattern Matching
•     Miscellaneous Language Features
•     Asynchronous Streams

Parallelization and Asynchronous Methods

•     Parallelization
•     Async Methods

Dynamic Programming

•     Using the dynamic Keyword
•     Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR)

Introduction to Design Patterns

•     Using Design Patterns
•     Pattern Classification
•     Creational Patterns
•     Structural Patterns
•     Behavioural Patterns

Introduction to Unit Testing in .NET

•     Setting the Scene
•     TDD using Test Explorer
•     Additional Techniques

Unit Testing with xUnit.net

•     Getting Started with xUnit.net
•     A Closer Look at xUnit.net

Test-Driven Development

•     Effective Test-Driven Development
•     Refactoring Techniques
•     Types of Test

Test Doubles

•     Making Code Testable
•     Overview of Test Doubles
•     Using Stubs
•     Using Mocks

Dependency Injection

•     DI concepts
•     Tools for implementing DI
•     Overview of Unity
•     Resolving dependencies
•     Designing for DI

Learning Path

• Please contact us for suggestions.

• C# 6 Advanced Development
• C# and Web Application Security Master Course
• C# 8 Development

Ways to Attend

• Attend live online public course, if there is one available. Please check our schedule, or register your interest in joining a course in your area.
• Private onsite Team training also available, please contact us to discuss. We can customise this course to suit your business requirements.