- 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/
- 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
- Windows Terminal as your Default Command Line Experience: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-terminal-as-your-default-command-line-experience/
- .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
- 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# 10
- 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/
- What's new in C# 7.3: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/whats-new/csharp-7-3
- New C# 9.0 features: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/whats-new/csharp-9
- 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
- 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/
- Symbols that can be overloaded: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/statements-expressions-operators/overloadable-operators
- 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
- 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/
- 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
- 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/
- EF Core team's plans: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/what-is-new/ef-core-5.0/plan
- New features in EF Core 5: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/what-is-new/ef-core-5.0/whatsnew
- New features in EF Core 6: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/what-is-new/ef-core-6.0/whatsnew
- Get to Know EF Core 6: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/get-to-know-ef-core-6/
- Announcing the Plan for EF7: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-the-plan-for-ef7/
- 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/
- SQL statements supported by SQLite: https://sqlite.org/lang.html
- Download SQLiteStudio: http://sqlitestudio.pl
## Microsoft SQL Server
- Try SQL Server on-premises or in the cloud: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/sql-server-downloads
- Download SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/download-sql-server-management-studio-ssms
- Quickstart: Connect and query a SQL Server instance using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/quickstarts/ssms-connect-query-sql-server
- Quickstart: Connect and query an Azure SQL Database or an Azure Managed Instance using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/quickstarts/ssms-connect-query-azure-sql
- 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/
## NoSQL data stores
- Welcome to Azure Cosmos DB: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/introduction
- Use NoSQL databases as a persistence infrastructure: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/microservices-architecture/microservice-ddd-cqrs-patterns/nosql-database-persistence-infrastructure
## 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 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 <body>: 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
