book-links.md

• Chapter 1 - Hello, C#! Welcome, .NET!
  • Visual Studio 2022 for Windows
  • Visual Studio Code
  • Other C# code editors and platforms
  • .NET Interactive
  • Command Line Interfaces
  • .NET
  • Open source and other projects related to .NET
  • Git
  • Help and learning
• Chapter 2 - Speaking C#
  • C# language version and the journey to C# 11
  • C# language
  • C# implemented proposals
  • C# proposals being worked on
  • Text types
  • Number types
  • Console apps and formatting
  • Miscellaneous
• Chapter 3 - Controlling Flow, Converting Types, and Handling Exceptions
  • Operators
  • Branching statements and pattern matching
  • Casting, converting, rounding, and formatting data
  • Handling exceptions
  • Coding problems in interviews
• Chapter 4 - Writing, Debugging, and Testing Functions
  • Concepts
  • Debugging
  • Instrumenting
  • Testing
• Chapter 5 - Building Your Own Types with Object-Oriented Programming
  • Fields
  • Methods
  • Properties
  • Pattern matching
  • Records
  • Miscellaneous
• Chapter 6 - Implementing Interfaces and Inheriting Classes
  • Operator overloading
  • Delegates and events
  • Interfaces and generics
  • Memory, reference and value types
  • Null and nullability
  • Inheritance
• Chapter 7 - Packaging and Distributing .NET Types
  • .NET Standard
  • .NET versions
  • .NET API, packages and frameworks
  • Roslyn, SDKs, and project templates
  • Packaging and publishing
  • Decompiling .NET
  • Porting from .NET Framework to modern .NET
  • Preview features
• Chapter 8 - Working with Common .NET Types
  • Working with numbers
  • Working with text and regular expressions
  • Dates and times
  • Collections
  • Spans
  • Networking
  • Assemblies and reflection
  • Working with images
  • Internationalization
• Chapter 9 - Working with Files, Streams, and Serialization
  • File system, encoding, and streams
  • Serialization
  • JSON
• Chapter 10 - Working with Data Using Entity Framework Core
  • Legacy EF 6
  • EF Core
  • EF Core database providers
  • SQLite
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • EF Core models
  • EF Core querying and manipulating
• Chapter 11 - Querying and Manipulating Data Using LINQ
  • LINQ concepts
  • LINQ providers
  • LINQ samples and tools
• Chapter 12 - Introducing Web Development Using ASP.NET Core
  • .NET apps
  • .NET Content Management Systems
  • ASP.NET versions and features
  • Web development technologies
• Chapter 13 - Building Websites Using ASP.NET Core Razor Pages
  • General web development
  • ASP.NET Core
  • Razor Pages and layouts
  • Endpoint routing
• Chapter 14 - Building Websites Using the Model-View-Controller Pattern
  • Security and privacy
  • Setting up and configuring
  • Controllers
  • Models
  • Views
  • Miscellaneous
• Chapter 15 - Building and Consuming Web Services
  • Web service technologies
  • Web service routing
  • Web service clients
  • Documenting web services
  • Securing web services
  • Health checks and reliable web services
• Chapter 16 - Building User Interfaces Using Blazor
  • Blazor hosting models
  • Blazor components
  • Advanced techniques
  • Other resources
• Epilogue
  • Next steps on your C# and .NET learning journey
  • Learn from other Packt books

Chapter 1 - Hello, C#! Welcome, .NET!

Visual Studio 2022 for Windows

• Download Visual Studio for Windows: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/
• Sign up for a Microsoft account: https://signup.live.com/
• Visual Studio for Windows documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/windows/
• MSBuild and 64-bit Visual Studio 2022: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/msbuild-and-64-bit-visual-studio-2022/
• Create C# apps with Visual Studio: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/get-started/csharp/
• Tutorial: Open a project from a repo: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/get-started/tutorial-open-project-from-repo-visual-studio-2019
• Comparison of Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio: https://www.itworld.com/article/3403683/visual-studio-code-stepping-on-visual-studios-toes.html

Visual Studio Code

• Download Visual Studio Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/
• Set up Visual Studio Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/setup-overview
• Visual Studio Code key bindings and shortcuts: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/keybindings
  • Windows: https://code.visualstudio.com/shortcuts/keyboard-shortcuts-windows.pdf
  • macOS: https://code.visualstudio.com/shortcuts/keyboard-shortcuts-macos.pdf
  • Linux: https://code.visualstudio.com/shortcuts/keyboard-shortcuts-linux.pdf
• Latest versions of Visual Studio Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/updates
• Visual Studio Code documentation: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs
  • Visual Studio Code user interface: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/userinterface
  • Visual Studio Code support for C#: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/csharp
  • Source code version control with Visual Studio Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/Docs/editor/versioncontrol
• Microsoft's plans for Visual Studio Code: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/wiki/Roadmap
• Learning with VS Code on Chromebooks: https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2020/12/03/chromebook-get-started
• Google and Amazon are supporters of Visual Studio Code: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/20/microsoft-cmo-capossela-says-google-employees-use-visual-studio-code.html
• Visual Studio Code: How Microsoft's 'any OS, any programming language, any software' plan is paying off: https://www.zdnet.com/article/visual-studio-code-how-microsofts-any-os-any-programming-language-any-software-plan-is-paying-off/
• The History of Visual Studio Code: https://mybuild.microsoft.com/sessions/6b571733-8198-48da-b870-ef804dcfea93?source=sessions

Other C# code editors and platforms

• Stack Overflow survey 2021 - Integrated development environment: https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021#section-most-popular-technologies-integrated-development-environment
• Stack Overflow survey 2019 - Most Popular Development Environments: https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#development-environments-and-tools
• Visual Studio for Mac documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/mac/
• GitHub Codespaces: https://docs.github.com/en/github/developing-online-with-codespaces/about-codespaces
• JetBrains Rider: https://www.jetbrains.com/rider/
• Rider documentation: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/rider/Introduction.html
• How to code with C# and .NET using a Raspberry Pi 400 with Ubuntu Desktop 64-bit by reading an extra article that I wrote at the following link: https://github.com/markjprice/cs9dotnet5-extras/blob/main/raspberry-pi-ubuntu64/README.md

.NET Interactive

• .NET Interactive documentation: https://github.com/dotnet/interactive/tree/main/docs
• VS Code Notebooks: A Deep Dive video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-AXZZDTQhM
• Discuss: File format in the .NET Interactive VS Code extension: dotnet/interactive#467
• Polyglot Notebooks: Variable Sharing: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/net-interactive-preview-3-vs-code-insiders-and-polyglot-notebooks/
• Using HTML and JavaScript in .NET Interactive: https://github.com/dotnet/interactive/blob/main/docs/javascript-overview.md
• .NET Interactive Samples: https://github.com/dotnet/interactive/tree/main/samples
• Markdown syntax: https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax

Command Line Interfaces

• Windows Terminal as your Default Command Line Experience: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-terminal-as-your-default-command-line-experience/
• .NET Core Command-Line Interface (CLI) tool: https://aka.ms/dotnet-cli-docs

.NET

• Download .NET SDK: https://www.microsoft.com/net/download
• Stack Overflow survey 2021 - Most loved frameworks and libraries: https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021#section-most-loved-dreaded-and-wanted-other-frameworks-and-libraries
• Themes of .NET: https://themesof.net/
• Microsoft's positioning of .NET Core and .NET Framework: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/update-on-net-core-3-0-and-net-framework-4-8/
• Microsoft's plans for the journey to one .NET: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-5-preview-4-and-our-journey-to-one-net/
• Official list of .NET 6 supported operating systems: https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/6.0/supported-os.md
• Windows ARM64 support: dotnet/runtime#36699
• .NET Support Policy: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/platform/support/policy/dotnet-core
• .NET versions: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/versions/
• .NET Uninstall Tool: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/additional-tools/uninstall-tool
• Remove .NET SDKs and runtimes: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/remove-runtime-sdk-versions
• ASP.NET Core and EF Core branding for .NET 5: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/dotnet-five
• .NET Optional SDK Workloads: https://github.com/dotnet/designs/blob/main/accepted/2020/workloads/workloads.md
• .NET Core runtime, CoreCLR: https://github.com/dotnet/runtime
• .NET Core Roadmap: https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/master/roadmap.md
• .NET Standard FAQ: https://github.com/dotnet/standard/blob/master/docs/faq.md
• .NET Standard versions and which .NET platforms support them: https://github.com/dotnet/standard/blob/master/docs/versions.md
• .NET Team Members: https://twitter.com/i/lists/120961876//members

Open source and other projects related to .NET

• Mono project: http://www.mono-project.com/
• Unity project: https://docs.unity3d.com/
• Open source projects to enable WCF and WF to migrate to .NET 5: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/supporting-the-community-with-wf-and-wcf-oss-projects/
• Open source project for Blazor Web Forms components: https://github.com/FritzAndFriends/BlazorWebFormsComponents

Git

• Download Git: https://git-scm.com/download
• Download GitHub Desktop: https://desktop.github.com
• Become a master at Git and Open Source: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/become-a-master-at-git-and-open-source/

Help and learning

• Raise an issue with the book: https://github.com/markjprice/cs10dotnet6/issues
• .NET Conf 2021 Recap – Videos, Slides, Demos, and More: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/net-conf-2021-recap-videos-slides-demos-and-more/
• Microsoft Docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/
• Official .NET Blog written by the .NET engineering teams: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/
• Scott Hanselman's videos: http://computerstufftheydidntteachyou.com/
• Get better at programming by learning how things work: https://jvns.ca/blog/learn-how-things-work/
• Practice .NET anywhere with .NET Fiddle: https://dotnetfiddle.net/
• Try .NET: https://try.dot.net/
• Stack Overflow: https://stackoverflow.com/
• Google Advanced Search: https://www.google.com/advanced_search
• Microsoft Learn: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/
• .NET Videos: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/learn/videos
• Microsoft Channel 9 – .NET Videos: https://channel9.msdn.com/Search?term=.net&lang-en=true

Chapter 2 - Speaking C#

C# language version and the journey to C# 11

• Early peek at C# 11 features: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/early-peek-at-csharp-11-features/
• What's new in C# 11: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/whats-new/csharp-11
• What's new in C# 10: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/whats-new/csharp-10
• What's new in C# 9.0: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/whats-new/csharp-9
• What's new in C# 8.0: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/whats-new/csharp-8
• What's new in C# 7.3: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/whats-new/csharp-7-3
• Welcome to C# 10: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/welcome-to-csharp-10/
• Announcing Open Source C# standardization: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-open-source-c-standardization-standards/
• Rosalyn and C# compiler versions: https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/blob/master/docs/wiki/NuGet-packages.md
• How Microsoft rewrote its C# compiler in C# and made it open source: https://medium.com/microsoft-open-source-stories/how-microsoft-rewrote-its-c-compiler-in-c-and-made-it-open-source-4ebed5646f98
• Current status of the C# language: https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/blob/master/docs/Language%20Feature%20Status.md
• C# Language Specification 5.0: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7029
• Draft proposals for C# Language Specifications for 6.0 and later: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/
• C# 9 Workshop: https://github.com/dotnet-presentations/csharp-workshop
• C# language versioning: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/configure-language-version
• The history of C#: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/whats-new/csharp-version-history
• Interview with the C# Boss - Mads Torgersen: https://www.dotnetcurry.com/csharp/1455/mads-torgersen-interview
• The .NET Docs Show - C# Ask Me Anything 🤯: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6cwOzUqjxY
• [EPIC] .NET 6 C# project templates use latest language idioms #3359: dotnet/templating#3359
• SDK support for implicit namespaces in C# projects #25066: dotnet/docs#25066

C# language

• C# Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/
• C# Programming Guide: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/
• C# Keywords: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/index
• Naming guidelines: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/design-guidelines/naming-guidelines
• Types (C# Programming Guide): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/types/
• Statements, Expressions, and Operators (C# Programming Guide): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/statements-expressions-operators/

C# implemented proposals

• C# 10: https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/tree/main/proposals/csharp-10.0
• C# 9: https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/tree/main/proposals/csharp-9.0
• C# 8: https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/tree/main/proposals/csharp-8.0
• C# 7.3: https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/tree/main/proposals/csharp-7.3
• C# 7.2: https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/tree/main/proposals/csharp-7.2
• C# 7.1: https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/tree/main/proposals/csharp-7.1
• C# 7.0: https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/tree/main/proposals/csharp-7.0
• C# 6.0: https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/tree/main/proposals/csharp-6.0

C# proposals being worked on

• [Proposal] Required Properties #3630: dotnet/csharplang#3630
• Champion: Simplified parameter null validation code #2145: dotnet/csharplang#2145
• Proposal: Semi-Auto-Properties; field keyword #140: dotnet/csharplang#140
• Working Set (of proposals): https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/milestone/19

Text types

• Strings (C# Programming Guide): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/strings/
• Verbatim strings: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/tokens/verbatim
• String Interpolation in C# 10 and .NET 6: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/string-interpolation-in-c-10-and-net-6/
• Escape sequences: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/csharpfaq/what-character-escape-sequences-are-available/

Number types

• Floating point numbers: https://ciechanow.ski/exposing-floating-point/
• Why 0.1 does not exist in floating-point numbers: https://www.exploringbinary.com/why-0-point-1-does-not-exist-in-floating-point/
• American Patriot missile disaster: https://www.ima.umn.edu/~arnold/disasters/patriot.html

Console apps and formatting

• Main() and command-line arguments (C# Programming Guide): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/main-and-command-args/
• Console Class: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.console
• Formatting types: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/formatting-types
• Composite Formatting: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/composite-formatting

Miscellaneous

• An Arabic programming language: https://youtu.be/dkO8cdwf6v8

Chapter 3 - Controlling Flow, Converting Types, and Handling Exceptions

Operators

• C# operators: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/statements-expressions-operators/operators
• Truth tables: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_table
• Side effects: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side_effect_(computer_science)
• Bitwise and shift operators: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/operators/bitwise-and-shift-operators
• Member access operators: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/operators/member-access-operators

Branching statements and pattern matching

• Statement keywords (C# Reference): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/statement-keywords
• Goto Fail bug: https://gotofail.com/
• goto keyword and examples of when it can be used: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/goto
• Pattern matching: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/pattern-matching
• Patterns and switch expressions: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/do-more-with-patterns-in-c-8-0/

Casting, converting, rounding, and formatting data

• Taking control of rounding: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.math.round
• Format codes for common scenarios: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/standard-date-and-time-format-strings
• Casting and type conversions (C# Programming Guide): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/articles/csharp/programming-guide/types/casting-and-type-conversions

Handling exceptions

• 10 Exception handling best practices in C#: https://kumarashwinhubert.com/10-exception-handling-best-practices-in-csharp

Coding problems in interviews

• Why can't programmers program? http://blog.codinghorror.com/why-cant-programmers-program/
• FizzBuzz for programming interviews: http://imranontech.com/2007/01/24/using-fizzbuzz-to-find-developers-who-grok-coding/
• Make Better Hiring Decisions With Take-Home Coding Challenges: https://codesubmit.io
• The 30-minute guide to rocking your next coding interview: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/coding-interviews-for-dummies-5e048933b82b/
• C# Interview Questions: https://www.codingdojo.com/blog/c-interview-questions

Chapter 4 - Writing, Debugging, and Testing Functions

Concepts

• Recursion versus interation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursion_(computer_science)#Recursion_versus_iteration

Debugging

• Visual Studio for Windows debugger documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/debugger/
• Visual Studio Code debugger: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/debugging
• Instructions for setting up the .NET debugger: https://github.com/OmniSharp/omnisharp-vscode/blob/master/debugger.md
• How to debug for absolute beginners: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/debugger/debugging-absolute-beginners

Instrumenting

• System.Diagnostics Namespace: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/api/system.diagnostics
• Debug class: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.diagnostics.debug
• Trace listeners: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.diagnostics.tracelistener
• Console log formatting: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/extensions/console-log-formatter
• Using .env in .NET: https://dusted.codes/dotenv-in-dotnet
• Announcing dotnet monitor in .NET 6: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-dotnet-monitor-in-net-6/

Testing

• Test Driven Development (TDD): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test-driven_development
• Unit testing in .NET: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/testing/
• xUnit.net: http://xunit.github.io/

Chapter 5 - Building Your Own Types with Object-Oriented Programming

Fields

• Fields (C# programming guide): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/articles/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/fields
• Access modifiers (C# programming guide): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/articles/csharp/language-reference/keywords/access-modifiers
• Enumeration types (C# reference): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/enum
• required modifier (C# Reference): https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/required

Methods

• Constructors (C# programming guide): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/articles/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/constructors
• Methods (C# programming guide): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/articles/csharp/methods
• Deconstruct method: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/deconstruct
• params keyword: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/params
• ref keyword: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/ref-returns

Properties

• Encapsulation of fields using properties: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1568091/why-use-getters-and-setters-accessors
• Properties (C# programming guide): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/articles/csharp/properties
• Using Tuples in C# to Initialize Properties in the Constructor and to Deconstruct Your Object: https://www.thomasclaudiushuber.com/2021/03/25/csharp-using-tuples-to-initialize-properties/

Pattern matching

• Pattern matching tutorial: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/tutorials/pattern-matching

Records

• Comparing struct and class records: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-6-release-candidate-2/#record-structs

Miscellaneous

• How to calculate someone's age: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9/how-do-i-calculate-someones-age-in-c

Chapter 6 - Implementing Interfaces and Inheriting Classes

Operator overloading

• Operator (C# reference): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/operators/operator-overloading
• Symbols that can be overloaded: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/statements-expressions-operators/overloadable-operators

Delegates and events

• Delegates: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/delegates-lambdas
• Events (C# reference): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/event
• Custom EventArgs: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/events/how-to-raise-and-consume-events

Interfaces and generics

• Interfaces: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/fundamentals/types/interfaces
• Explicit interface implementations: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/interfaces/explicit-interface-implementation
• Design decisions for default interface implementations: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/proposals/csharp-8.0/default-interface-methods
• Default interface implementations tutorial: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/tutorials/default-interface-members-versions
• Generics (C# Programming Guide): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/generics

Memory, reference and value types

• Reference Types (C# Reference): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/reference-types
• Value Types (C# reference): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/value-types
• Choosing Between Class and Struct: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/design-guidelines/choosing-between-class-and-struct
• Conversation about the .NET type system: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/conversation-about-the-net-type-system/
• Technical details of the internal memory layout of types in .NET: https://adamsitnik.com/Value-Types-vs-Reference-Types/
• Garbage collection: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/garbage-collection/
• Finalizers (C# Programming Guide): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/destructors
• Finalizers and disposing: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/garbage-collection/unmanaged
• IDisposable interface: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/garbage-collection/using-objects

Null and nullability

• The inventor of null, Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare, admits his mistake in a recorded hour-long talk: https://www.infoq.com/presentations/Null-References-The-Billion-Dollar-Mistake-Tony-Hoare
• The tweet about achieving 80% annotations in .NET 5: https://twitter.com/terrajobst/status/1296566363880742917
• Video to learn how to get rid of null reference exceptions forever: https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/On-NET/This-is-how-you-get-rid-of-null-reference-exceptions-forever
• Nullable value types (C# reference): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/nullable-value-types
• Nullable reference types: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/nullable-references
• Null-conditional operator: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/operators/null-conditional-operators
• Null-coalescing operator: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/operators/null-coalescing-operator

Inheritance

• Inheritance (C# Programming Guide): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/inheritance

Chapter 7 - Packaging and Distributing .NET Types

.NET Standard

• .NET Standard 2.1 announcement: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-standard-2-1/
• .NET Standard 2.1 APIs and a comparison with .NET Standard 2.0: https://github.com/dotnet/standard/blob/master/docs/versions/netstandard2.1.md
• Future of .NET Standard: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/the-future-of-net-standard/
• From .NET Standard to .NET 5: https://www.codemag.com/article/2010022

.NET versions

• .NET Core 1.0 announcement: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-core-1-0/
• .NET Core 1.1 announcement: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-core-1-1/
• .NET Core 2.0 announcement: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-core-2-0/
• .NET Core 2.2 announcement: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-core-2-2/
• .NET Core 3.0 announcement: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-core-3-0/
• .NET Core 3.1 announcement: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-core-3-1/
• .NET 5 announcement: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-5-0
• Performance improvements in .NET 5: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/performance-improvements-in-net-5/
• .NET 5.0 Runtime Highlights: https://codemag.com/Article/2010092/.NET-5.0-Runtime-Highlights
• Announcing .NET 6 — The Fastest .NET Yet: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-6/

.NET API, packages and frameworks

• Search and browse all .NET APIs: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/
• CoreFX README.md: https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/blob/master/Documentation/README.md
• .NET 6.0 TFMs: https://github.com/dotnet/designs/pull/174/files
• How packages and their APIs relate to frameworks: https://gist.github.com/davidfowl/8939f305567e1755412d6dc0b8baf1b7
• Example .NET package and the frameworks it supports: https://www.nuget.org/packages/System.IO.FileSystem/
• Currently supported Runtime Identifier (RID) values: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/articles/core/rid-catalog
• System.IO.FileSystem package details: https://www.nuget.org/packages/System.IO.FileSystem/

Roslyn, SDKs, and project templates

• Roslyn compiler: https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn
• .NET project SDKs: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/project-sdk/overview
• global.json overview: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tools/global-json
• Additional dotnet new templates: https://dotnetnew.azurewebsites.net/
• Tutorial: Create an item template: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tutorials/cli-templates-create-item-template

Packaging and publishing

• PDB files: https://www.wintellect.com/pdb-files-what-every-developer-must-know/
• Single-file app issue: dotnet/runtime#36590
• App trimming: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/app-trimming-in-net-5/
• The PackageReference format: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/reference/msbuild-targets
• NuGet packages: https://www.nuget.org/packages
• Announcing NuGet 6.0: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/nuget/announcing-nuget-6/
• .NET Core application publishing overview: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/deploying/
• How to Deploy .NET apps to Raspberry Pi: https://www.ryadel.com/en/deploy-net-apps-raspberry-pi/
• How to solve a circular reference using an interface: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6928387/how-to-solve-circular-reference
• Semantic versioning: http://semver.org

Decompiling .NET

• Is it possible to “decompile” a Windows .exe? Or at least view the Assembly? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/273145/is-it-possible-to-decompile-a-windows-exe-or-at-least-view-the-assembly
• IDA Freeware Download Page: https://www.hex-rays.com/products/ida/support/download_freeware/

Porting from .NET Framework to modern .NET

• Overview of porting from .NET Framework to .NET Core: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/porting/
• What .NET Developers ought to know: https://www.hanselman.com/blog/WhatNETDevelopersOughtToKnowToStartIn2017.aspx
• Introducing the .NET Upgrade Assistant Preview: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/introducing-the-net-upgrade-assistant-preview/
• .NET Upgrade Assistant: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/platform/upgrade-assistant
• Discover cross-platform issues: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/analyzers/api-analyzer#discover-cross-platform-issues
• Amazon Porting Assistant for .NET: https://aws.amazon.com/porting-assistant-dotnet/

Preview features

• Preview Features: https://github.com/dotnet/designs/blob/main/accepted/2021/preview-features/preview-features.md

Chapter 8 - Working with Common .NET Types

Working with numbers

• Numerics types: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/numerics
• The Half type: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/introducing-the-half-type/
• nint and nuint types (C# reference): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/nint-nuint
• nint Struct: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.nint
• Names for large numbers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_large_numbers

Working with text and regular expressions

• String Class: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.string
• Regex Class: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.text.regularexpressions.regex
• Regular expressions in .NET: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/articles/standard/base-types/regular-expressions
• Regular Expression Language – Quick Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/regular-expression-language-quick-reference
• Unicode in regular expressions: https://www.regular-expressions.info/unicode.html
• Using a regular expression to split a comma-separated string: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18144431/regex-to-split-a-csv
• To specify a Unicode character, use \u followed by four characters specifying the number of the character. For example, \u00c0 is the À character: https://www.regular-expressions.info
• Performance improvements in .NET 5: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/regex-performance-improvements-in-net-5/

Dates and times

• Date, Time, and Time Zone Enhancements in .NET 6: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/date-time-and-time-zone-enhancements-in-net-6/
• .NET 6: Date and Time Structures: https://www.infoq.com/news/2021/04/Net6-Date-Time/
• Noda Time: A better date and time API for .NET: https://nodatime.org/

Collections

• Collections (C# and Visual Basic): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.collections
• Collections: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/collections
• Concurrent collections: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.collections.concurrent
• What types should I use to pass collections in C#? https://markheath.net/post/passing-collections-csharp
• On Abstractions and For-Each Performance in C#: https://www.infoq.com/articles/For-Each-Performance/

Spans

• Span: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.span-1
• How spans work internally: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/msdn-magazine/2018/january/csharp-all-about-span-exploring-a-new-net-mainstay

Networking

• .NET 6 Networking Improvements: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/dotnet-6-networking-improvements/

Assemblies and reflection

• .NET API Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/
• Compiler-generated display class: http://stackoverflow.com/a/2509524/55847
• Dynamically load assemblies that are not currently referenced: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/assembly/unloadability-howto
• Dynamically execute code: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.reflection.methodbase.invoke
• Dynamically generate new code and assemblies: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.reflection.emit.assemblybuilder
• Extending Metadata Using Attributes: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/attributes/

Working with images

• ImageSharp: https://github.com/SixLabors/ImageSharp

Internationalization

• Globalizing and localizing .NET applications: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/globalization-localization/
• Time zones: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/cross-platform-time-zones-with-net-core/

Chapter 9 - Working with Files, Streams, and Serialization

File system, encoding, and streams

• File System and the Registry (C# Programming Guide): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/file-system/
• Character encoding in .NET: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/articles/standard/base-types/character-encoding
• Async streams tutorial: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/tutorials/generate-consume-asynchronous-stream
• How pipelines help with I/O performance: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/system-io-pipelines-high-performance-io-in-net/

Serialization

• Serialization (C#): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/articles/csharp/programming-guide/concepts/serialization/
• Serializing to Files, TextWriters, and XmlWriters: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/linq/serialize-files-textwriters-xmlwriters

JSON

• Newtonsoft Json.NET: https://www.newtonsoft.com/json
• System.Text.Json APIs: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/try-the-new-system-text-json-apis/
• Issues solved by the new JSON APIs, including JamesNK's comments: https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/33115
• How to migrate from Newtonsoft.Json to System.Text.Json: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/serialization/system-text-json-migrate-from-newtonsoft-how-to
• What’s next for System.Text.Json? https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/whats-next-for-system-text-json/

Chapter 10 - Working with Data Using Entity Framework Core

Legacy EF 6

• Entity Framework 6.3 and its .NET Core 3.0 and later support: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-ef-core-3-0-and-ef-6-3-general-availability/

EF Core

• EF Core documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/
• New features in EF Core 7: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/what-is-new/ef-core-7.0/whatsnew
• New features in EF Core 6: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/what-is-new/ef-core-6.0/whatsnew
• New features in EF Core 5: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/what-is-new/ef-core-5.0/whatsnew
• Plans for Entity Framework Core 6.0 revealed as Microsoft admits it is unlikely to match Dapper for performance: https://www.theregister.com/2021/01/19/entity_framework_core_6/
• Entity Framework Community Standup - Performance Tuning an EF Core App: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgNFFEqwZPU

EF Core database providers

• EF Core database providers: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/providers/
• Devart database providers: https://www.devart.com/dotconnect/entityframework.html
• Check the latest NuGet package version: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite/
• Document Database Providers for Entity Framework Core: https://github.com/BlueshiftSoftware/EntityFrameworkCore

SQLite

• Download SQLite: https://www.sqlite.org/download.html
• SQL statements supported by SQLite: https://sqlite.org/lang.html
• Download SQLiteStudio: http://sqlitestudio.pl

Microsoft SQL Server

• SQL Server downloads: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/sql-server-downloads
• Use Visual Studio Code to create and run Transact-SQL scripts: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/tools/visual-studio-code/sql-server-develop-use-vscode
• .NET Interactive with SQL!| .NET Notebooks in Visual Studio Code: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/net-interactive-with-sql-net-notebooks-in-visual-studio-code/

EF Core models

• EF Core model conventions: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/modeling/
• Data seeding: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/modeling/data-seeding
• Humanizer library: http://humanizr.net
• Scaffolding: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/managing-schemas/scaffolding?tabs=dotnet-core-cli
• Deep Dive into Many-to-Many: A Tour of EF Core 5.0: https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/On-NET/Deep-Dive-into-Many-to-Many-A-Tour-of-EF-Core-50-pt-2
• Naming Conventions for Entity Framework Core Tables and Columns: https://github.com/efcore/EFCore.NamingConventions
• Table-per-concrete-type (TPC) inheritance mapping: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/ef/core/what-is-new/ef-core-7.0/whatsnew#table-per-concrete-type-tpc-inheritance-mapping

EF Core querying and manipulating

• Filtered include: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/querying/related-data/eager#filtered-include
• Simple logging: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/logging-events-diagnostics/simple-logging
• Query tags: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/querying/tags
• Loading patterns: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/querying/related-data
• Pooling database contexts: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/what-is-new/ef-core-2.0#dbcontext-pooling

Chapter 11 - Querying and Manipulating Data Using LINQ

LINQ concepts

• Expression trees: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/concepts/expression-trees/
• LINQ comprehension syntax: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6229187/linq-why-is-it-called-comprehension-syntax
• LINQ in C#: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/linq/linq-in-csharp
• New LINQ extensions in .NET 6 and benchmarks: https://blog.elmah.io/new-linq-extensions-in-net-6-and-benchmarks/

LINQ providers

• EF Core LINQ queries no longer evaluated at client: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/what-is-new/ef-core-3.x/breaking-changes#linq-queries-are-no-longer-evaluated-on-the-client
• Parallel LINQ (PLINQ): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/parallel-programming/introduction-to-plinq
• LINQ to XML Overview (C#): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/concepts/linq/linq-to-xml-overview

LINQ samples and tools

• 101 LINQ Samples: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/samples/dotnet/try-samples/101-linq-samples/
• LINQPad: https://www.linqpad.net/

Chapter 12 - Introducing Web Development Using ASP.NET Core

.NET apps

• .NET Application Architecture Guidance: https://www.microsoft.com/net/learn/architecture

.NET Content Management Systems

• Piranha CMS: https://piranhacms.org/
• Orchard Core: http://www.orchardcore.net/
• Optimizely CMS Developer Guide: https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/developer-guides/CMS/
• Umbraco CMS: https://umbraco.com/products/umbraco-cms/migrating-umbraco-to-net-core/

ASP.NET versions and features

• ASP.NET Core 1.0 announcement: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/aspnet/announcing-asp-net-core-1-0/
• ASP.NET Core 1.1 announcement: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/aspnet/announcing-asp-net-core-1-1/
• ASP.NET Core 2.0 announcement: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/aspnet/announcing-asp-net-core-2-0/
• ASP.NET Core 2.1 announcement: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/aspnet/asp-net-core-2-1-0-now-available/
• ASP.NET Core 2.2 announcement: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/aspnet/asp-net-core-2-2-available-today/
• ASP.NET Core 3.0 announcement: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/aspnet/a-first-look-at-changes-coming-in-asp-net-core-3-0/
• ASP.NET Core 3.1 announcement: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/aspnet/asp-net-core-updates-in-net-core-3-1/
• Blazor WebAssembly announcement: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/aspnet/blazor-webassembly-3-2-0-now-available/
• ASP.NET Core 5.0 announcement: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/aspnet/announcing-asp-net-core-in-net-5/

Web development technologies

• WebSocket: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebSocket
• MessagePack: https://msgpack.org
• WebAssembly: https://webassembly.org
• TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org

Chapter 13 - Building Websites Using ASP.NET Core Razor Pages

General web development

• HTML5 and CSS3: Building Responsive Websites: https://www.packtpub.com/producthtml5-and-css3-building-responsive-websites/9781787124813h
• Kestrel web server: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/servers/kestrel
• Free TLS/SSL certificates: https://letsencrypt.org
• ASP.NET Core hosting environments: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/environments
• Content Delivery Network (CDN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_delivery_network
• Bootstrap: https://getbootstrap.com/
• Compact Folders feature: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-docs/blob/vnext/release-notes/v1_41.md#compact-folders-in-explorer

ASP.NET Core

• Announcing ASP.NET Core in .NET 6: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-asp-net-core-in-net-6/
• ASP.NET Core fundamentals: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/
• Static files in ASP.NET Core: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/static-files
• HttpContext class: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.web.httpcontext

Razor Pages and layouts

• Introducing the new Razor editor in Visual Studio 2022: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/introducing-the-new-razor-editor-in-visual-studio-2022/
• Introduction to Razor Pages in ASP.NET Core: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/razor-pages/
• Razor syntax reference for ASP.NET Core: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/mvc/views/razor
• Layout in ASP.NET Core: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/mvc/views/layout
• Tag Helpers in ASP.NET Core: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/mvc/views/tag-helpers/intro
• ASP.NET Core Razor Pages with EF Core: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/data/ef-rp/intro
• Registering a database context for use as a dependency service: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/miscellaneous/configuring-dbcontext#using-dbcontext-with-dependency-injection
• The <partial> tag helper: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/mvc/views/tag-helpers/built-in/partial-tag-helper

Endpoint routing

• Simple examples of Run, Map, and Use: https://www.vaughanreid.com/2020/05/using-in-line-middleware-in-asp-net-core/
• Automatically visualize your endpoints: https://andrewlock.net/visualizing-asp-net-core-endpoints-using-graphvizonline-and-the-dot-language/
• Configuring the HTTP pipeline with middleware: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/middleware
• DEEP DIVE: HOW IS THE ASP.NET CORE MIDDLEWARE PIPELINE BUILT? https://www.stevejgordon.co.uk/how-is-the-asp-net-core-middleware-pipeline-built

Chapter 14 - Building Websites Using the Model-View-Controller Pattern

Security and privacy

• Built-in features for compliance with modern privacy requirements like GDPR: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/security/gdpr
• ASP.NET Core's support for authenticator apps: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/security/authentication/identity-enable-qrcodes
• Identity UI library: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/security/authentication/scaffold-identity?tabs=netcore-cli
• Authorization: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/security/authorization/introduction
• Anti-forgery tokens: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/security/anti-request-forgery

Setting up and configuring

• dotnet new templates: https://github.com/dotnet/templating/wiki/Available-templates-for-dotnet-new
• Overview of ASP.NET Core MVC: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/mvc/overview
• Default configuration of web hosts: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/host/web-host
• Dependency injection for ASP.NET Core: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/dependency-injection
• Configuring middleware: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/middleware/
• Announcing YARP 1.0 Release: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-yarp-1-0-release/

Controllers

• Handle requests with controllers in ASP.NET Core MVC: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/mvc/controllers/actions
• Response caching: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/performance/caching/response
• How cache busting using query strings works: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9692665/cache-busting-via-params

Models

• Model Binding in ASP.NET Core: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/mvc/models/model-binding
• Create your own model binders by implementing the IModelBinder interface: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/mvc/advanced/custom-model-binding
• Model validation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/mvc/models/validation
• Tutorial: Get started with EF Core in an ASP.NET MVC web app: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/data/ef-mvc/intro

Views

• HtmlHelper class: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/microsoft.aspnetcore.mvc.viewfeatures.htmlhelper
• Views in ASP.NET Core MVC: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/mvc/views/overview
• Why it is good to put <script> elements at the bottom of the : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/436411/where-should-i-put-script-tags-in-html-markup

Miscellaneous

• How to unit test controllers: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/mvc/controllers/testing
• Filters for cross-concern functionality: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/mvc/controllers/filters
• Free stock photos for commercial use with no attribution: https://www.pexels.com/
• Images of eight categories: https://github.com/markjprice/cs9dotnet5/tree/master/Assets/Categories

Chapter 15 - Building and Consuming Web Services

Web service technologies

• Media types: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_type
• WS-* standards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_web_service_specifications
• HTTP OPTIONS method and other HTTP methods: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/OPTIONS
• HTTP POST requests: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/POST
• Create web APIs with ASP.NET Core: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/web-api/

Web service routing

• Design decisions around endpoint routing: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/aspnet/asp-net-core-2-2-0-preview1-endpoint-routing/
• Endpoint routing: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/routing
• Previous routing system: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/routing?view=aspnetcore-2.1
• Route constraints: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/routing#route-constraint-reference
• Dependency injection for ASP.NET Core: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/dependency-injection
• Proposed standard for Problem Details for HTTP APIs: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7807
• Implementing problem details: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/microsoft.aspnetcore.mvc.problemdetails

Web service clients

• REST Client: https://github.com/Huachao/vscode-restclient/blob/master/README.md
• It is the BaseAddress and DefaultRequestHeaders properties that you should treat with caution with multiple threads: https://medium.com/@nuno.caneco/c-httpclient-should-not-be-disposed-or-should-it-45d2a8f568bc
• You're using HttpClient wrong and it is destabilizing your software: https://aspnetmonsters.com/2016/08/2016-08-27-httpclientwrong/
• How to initiate HTTP requests: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/http-requests
• Issues with the original HttpClient class available in .NET: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/architecture/microservices/implement-resilient-applications/use-httpclientfactory-to-implement-resilient-http-requests#issues-with-the-original-httpclient-class-available-in-net
• HttpClient extension methods for easily working with JSON: https://github.com/dotnet/designs/blob/main/accepted/2020/json-http-extensions/json-http-extensions.md

Documenting web services

• Swagger: https://swagger.io/
• Swagger Tools: https://swagger.io/tools/
• Swashbuckle for ASP.NET Core: https://github.com/domaindrivendev/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore
• How Swagger can support multiple versions of an API: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30789045/leverage-multipleapiversions-in-swagger-with-attribute-versioning/30789944
• Importance of documenting services: https://idratherbewriting.com/learnapidoc/
• Benefits of setting version compatibility: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/mvc/compatibility-version
• Check latest version of analyzers package: http://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Api.Analyzers/

Securing web services

• Verifying that the tokens used to call your web APIs are requested with the expected claims: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/scenario-protected-web-api-verification-scope-app-roles
• CORS can be enabled to allow different origin requests: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/security/cors
• Common HTTP security headers that you might want to add: https://www.meziantou.net/security-headers-in-asp-net-core.htm

Health checks and reliable web services

• Health checks in ASP.NET Core: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/host-and-deploy/health-checks
• How to extend the health check response: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/webdev/2018/08/22/asp-net-core-2-2-0-preview1-healthcheck/
• How Polly can make your web services more reliable: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/architecture/microservices/implement-resilient-applications/implement-http-call-retries-exponential-backoff-polly
• Use HttpClientFactory to implement resilient HTTP requests: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/architecture/microservices/implement-resilient-applications/use-httpclientfactory-to-implement-resilient-http-requests
• Redis: https://redis.io

Chapter 16 - Building User Interfaces Using Blazor

Blazor hosting models

• Blazor: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/apps/aspnet/web-apps/blazor
• Official list of supported Blazor platforms: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/blazor/supported-platforms
• Blazor hosting models: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/blazor/hosting-models
• Blazor Mobile Bindings: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/aspnet/mobile-blazor-bindings-experiment/
• Blazor Hybrid apps: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/aspnet/hybrid-blazor-apps-in-mobile-blazor-bindings-july-update/

Blazor components

• The reason for needing CSS isolation for Blazor components: dotnet/aspnetcore#10170
• OI icons: https://iconify.design/icon-sets/oi/
• Setting <head> elements: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/blazor/fundamentals/additional-scenarios-influence-html-head-tag-elements
• Forms and validation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/blazor/forms-validation
• NavigationManager with Blazor routes: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/blazor/fundamentals/routing#uri-and-navigation-state-helpers

Advanced techniques

• Implementing offline support for Blazor WebAssembly projects: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/blazor/progressive-web-app#offline-support
• Lazy loading assemblies: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/blazor/webassembly-lazy-load-assemblies?view=aspnetcore-5.0
• Routing in Blazor Apps: Comparing the routing of popular web frameworks like React and Angular with Blazor: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/premier-developer/routing-in-blazor-apps/

Other resources

• Awesome Blazor: A collection of awesome Blazor resources: https://github.com/AdrienTorris/awesome-blazor
• Blazor University: Learn the new .NET SPA framework from Microsoft: https://blazor-university.com
• Blazor - app building workshop: In this workshop, we will build a complete Blazor app and learn about the various Blazor framework features along the way: https://github.com/dotnet-presentations/blazor-workshop/
• Carl Franklin's Blazor Train: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8h4jt35t1wjvwFnvcB2LlYL4jLRzRmoz
• Welcome to PACMAN written in C# and running on Blazor WebAssembly: https://github.com/SteveDunn/PacManBlazor

Epilogue

Next steps on your C# and .NET learning journey

• Follow the Framework Design Guidelines: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/design-guidelines/
• Follow the code style rules: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/fundamentals/code-analysis/style-rules/
• Cloud-Native learning resources for .NET developers: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/cloud-native-learning-resources-for-net-developers/
• 37 App Ideas for Bootcamp Students & Code Newbies: https://dev.to/sylwiavargas/33-app-ideas-for-bootcamp-students-code-newbies-3n28
• Just! Build! Websites! https://github.com/melanierichards/just-build-websites

Learn from other Packt books

• Mobile Development with .NET: https://www.packtpub.com/product/mobile-development-with-net-second-edition/9781800204690
• Enterprise Application Development with C# 9 and .NET 5: https://www.packtpub.com/product/enterprise-application-development-with-c-9-and-net-5/9781800209442
• Software Architecture with C# 9 and .NET 5: https://www.packtpub.com/product/software-architecture-with-c-9-and-net-5-second-edition/9781800566040
• An Atypical ASP.NET Core 5 Design Patterns Guide: https://www.packtpub.com/product/an-atypical-asp-net-core-5-design-patterns-guide/9781789346091
• Customizing ASP.NET Core 5.0: https://www.packtpub.com/product/customizing-asp-net-core-5-0/9781801077866
• ASP.NET Core Secure Coding Cookbook: https://www.packtpub.com/product/asp-net-core-secure-coding-cookbook/9781801071567
• ASP.NET Core 5 and React: https://www.packtpub.com/product/asp-net-core-5-and-react-second-edition/9781800206168
• ASP.NET Core 5 and Angular: https://www.packtpub.com/product/asp-net-core-5-and-angular-fourth-edition/9781800560338
• ASP.NET Core and Vue.js: https://www.packtpub.com/product/asp-net-core-and-vue-js/9781800206694
• Practical Microservices with Dapr and .NET: https://www.packtpub.com/product/practical-microservices-with-dapr-and-net/9781800568372
• Web Development with Blazor and .NET 5: https://www.packtpub.com/product/web-development-with-blazor-and-net-5/9781800208728
• Mastering Windows Presentation Foundation: https://www.packtpub.com/product/mastering-windows-presentation-foundation-second-edition/9781838643416