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.NET Developers, Mark J. Price released a 3rd book for you:
𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 .𝗡𝗘𝗧 𝟴
𝘎𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯, 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘶𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴
It is a brand new book, first published in July, 2024
In-Depth Look
The book starts by guiding you on the most common IDEs for .NET development: Visual Studio 2022, VS Code, and JetBrains Rider, how to set them up and how to use the available features and tools.
Knowledge in source control management, particularly Git, is one of the most important skills for any developer, this is why Mark has a dedicated chapter to help you learn everything about Git, including the setup, using commands (CLI) and Git plugin in Visual Studio, merging and branching strategies, and the best practices for you and your team.
Because debugging, troubleshooting, logging and tracing are critical skills for any developer, Mark dedicates 2 chapters to enlighten you on how you can apply the right tools and make use of your IDE to help you acquire and improve these skills.
The book focuses on many aspects related to testing through 4 solid chapters, with the following topics covered in-depth:
- Unit Testing and Mocking
- Integration and Security Testing
- Benchmarking Performance
- Load and Stress Testing
- Functional and End-to-End Testing
- HTTP Benchmarking
AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) take a good focus in this book.
Mark shows you how you can utilize the cutting-edge generative AI technologies, such as ChatGPT, to help you as a developer accelerate your development process and grow better in your career.
There is also a tutorial that helps you build a chatting solution based on LLM Technology.
Few more topics of equivalent importance are covered, these include containerization, cloud-native development and the rise of .NET Aspire.
The book delves into the world of Dockers and then transits you to .NET Aspire that was released with .NET 8. You will learn a lot about .NET Aspire stack and how it helps you build a modern distributed cloud-native solution.
Lots of great topics are thoroughly and skillfully covered in this book:
- DI, Containers and Service Lifetime
- Code Documentation
- Security with Hashing, Encryption and Delegated Access
- Design patterns and SOLID Principles
- Software and Solution Architecture Foundations
Final Thoughts
In summary, the book meticulously presents common topics that are essential for any .NET developer to learn and hone their skills in designing, testing, debugging, troubleshooting solutions.
Mark has done a wonderful job amassing his wide experience into this book
If you are looking to level-up your knowledge and stand out, then this book is for you.
Mark will set you on an exquisite journey to carve out a successful career with over 2 decades of mastery in .NET, architecture and professional training.
Grab your copy here
Thank you Mark J. Price and Packt for delivering this invaluable publication.
More Books By Mark
If you are interested in highly resourceful knowledge troves, Mark has got you covered with 2 other books as the below:
C# 12 and .NET 8 – Modern Cross-Platform Development Fundamentals
Apps and Services with .NET 8
Bonus
Books of such great knowledge must always be accompanied with great music.
The blend of masterpieces in Coding and Music.
Happy Coding, Enjoy Listening.