Bestselling author Mark Price guides you through the latest and most common technologies a .NET developer should know: ASP.NET Core, Blazor, Minimal APIs, .NET MAUI, Avalonia, gRPC, GraphQL, SQL Server, SignalR, and more!
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Key Features
Use specialized libraries to improve all aspects of your apps, including security and localization Unlock scalability, performance, and resilience in your services Unleash the capabilities of Avalonia, Blazor, and MAUI to develop stunning, truly cross-platform apps for desktop, web, and mobile
Book DescriptionBuilding modern apps and services with C# and .NET isnt just about knowing the syntaxits about knowing the right tools for the job. Whether youre building for web, desktop, or mobile, the .NET ecosystem offers a vast range of technologies. But with so many choices, its easy to get stuck in a narrow skillset. Apps and Services with .NET 10 helps you build real-world experience across the breadth of what .NET has to offer. This edition covers practical implementations across a diverse set of technologies. You'll build APIs with ASP.NET Core Minimal API, gRPC, GraphQL, and SignalR, and create user-facing applications using Blazor for the web, Avalonia for desktop, and .NET MAUI for mobile. Youll also explore native AOT (Ahead-of-Time) compilation for high-performance web services, along with caching, messaging, and long-running background tasks. Each chapter provides hands-on projects and real-world context for when and why to use each tool. By the end, youll have a full-stack command of modern .NET. Youll know how to select the right UI tech for your target platform, build APIs that scale, architect reliable backend services, and confidently adopt newer patterns. You wont just understand the toolsyoull know how to put them together to deliver robust, user-friendly, cross-platform apps in production environments.
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Familiarize yourself with a variety of technologies to implement services, such as gRPC and GraphQL Store and manage data locally and cloud-natively with SQL Server Implement web services with native AOT publish support Leverage Dapper for improved performance over EF Core Implement popular third-party libraries such as Serilog, Humanizer, and Noda Time Build web apps using Blazor, mobile apps using MAUI, and desktop apps using Avalonia
Who this book is forThis book is for .NET developers interested in exploring more specialized libraries and implementation fundamentals behind building services and apps.
Youll need to know your way around .NET and C# to make the most of this book, so if you want to work your way up to this book, you can pick up Marks other .NET book, C# 14 and .NET 10 Modern Cross-Platform Development Fundamentals, first.
