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C# 7 and .NET Core: Modern Cross-Platform Development

You're reading from C# 7 and .NET Core: Modern Cross-Platform Development Create powerful cross-platform applications using C# 7, .NET Core, and Visual Studio 2017 or Visual Studio Code

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2017

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ISBN-13 9781787129559

Length 594 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

C#

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.NET

Concepts

Programming Language

Table of Contents (24) Chapters

C# 7 and .NET Core: Modern Cross-Platform Development - Second Edition

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Preface

1. Hello, C#! Welcome, .NET Core! FREE CHAPTER

2. Speaking C#

3. Controlling the Flow, Converting Types, and Handling Exceptions

4. Using .NET Standard Types

5. Debugging, Monitoring, and Testing

6. Building Your Own Types with Object-Oriented Programming

7. Implementing Interfaces and Inheriting Classes

8. Working with Databases Using the Entity Framework Core

9. Querying and Manipulating Data with LINQ

10. Working with Files, Streams, and Serialization

11. Protecting Your Data

12. Improving Performance and Scalability with Multitasking

13. Building Universal Windows Platform Apps Using XAML

14. Building Web Applications Using ASP.NET Core MVC

15. Building Mobile Apps Using Xamarin.Forms and ASP.NET Core Web API

16. Packaging and Deploying Your Code Cross-Platform

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Chapter 11. Protecting Your Data

This chapter is about protecting your data from being viewed by malicious users using encryption, and from being manipulated or corrupted using hashing and signing.

This chapter covers the following topics:

Understanding the vocabulary of protection
Encrypting and decrypting data
Hashing data
Signing data

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