Apps and Services with .NET 7

Bestselling author Mark Price is back to guide you through the coolest and most common technologies a .NET developer should know: Blazor, .NET MAUI, gRPC, GraphQL, SQL Server, Cosmos DB, OData, SignalR, Azure Functions, and more!

Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format.

Key Features
Build services using a variety of technologies including Web API, OData, gRPC, GraphQL, SignalR, and Azure Functions
Learn how to use specialized libraries to improve all aspects of your applications, including performance and localization
Leverage .NET MAUI to develop cross-platform desktop and mobile apps with ease
Book Description
Apps and Services with .NET 7 is for .NET 6 and .NET 7 developers who want to kick their C# and .NET understanding up a gear by learning the practical skills and knowledge they need to build real-world applications and services. It covers specialized libraries that will help you monitor and improve performance, secure your data and applications, and internationalize your code and apps.

With chapters that put a variety of technologies into practice, including Web API, OData, gRPC, GraphQL, SignalR, and Azure Functions, this book will give you a broader scope of knowledge than other books that often focus on only a handful of .NET technologies. It covers the latest developments, libraries, and technologies that will help keep you up to date.

You'll also leverage .NET MAUI to develop mobile apps for iOS and Android as well as desktop apps for Windows and macOS.

What you will learn
Learn how to build more efficient, secure, and scalable apps and services
Leverage specialized .NET libraries to improve your applications
Implement popular third-party libraries like Serilog and FluentValidation
Build cross-platform apps with .NET MAUI and integrate with native mobile features
Get familiar with a variety of technologies for implementing services like gRPC and GraphQL
Explore Blazor WebAssembly and use open-source Blazor component libraries
Store and manage data locally and in the cloud with SQL Server and Cosmos DB
Who this book is for
This book is for .NET developers interested in exploring more specialized libraries and implementation fundamentals behind building services and apps.

You'll need to know your way around .NET and C# quite well before you can dive in, so if you want to work your way up to this book, pick up Mark's other .NET book, C# 11 and .NET 7 – Modern Cross-Platform Development Fundamentals, first.

Table of Contents
Introducing Apps and Services with .NET
Managing Relational Data Using SQL Server
Managing NoSQL Data Using Azure Cosmos DB
Benchmarking Performance, Multitasking, and Concurrency
Implementing Popular Third-Party Libraries
Observing and Modifying Code Execution Dynamically
Handling Dates, Times, and Internationalization
Protecting Your Data and Applications
Building and Securing Web Services with Minimal APIs
Exposing Data via the Web Using OData
Combining Data Sources Using GraphQL
Building Efficient Microservices Using gRPC
Broadcasting Real-Time Communication Using SignalR
Building Serverless Nanoservices Using Azure Functions
Building Web User Interfaces Using ASP.NET Core
Building Web Components Using Blazor WebAssembly
Leveraging Open-Source Blazor Component Libraries
Building Mobile and Desktop Apps Using .NET MAUI
Integrating .NET MAUI Apps with Blazor and Native Platforms
Introducing the Survey Project Challenge
Epilogue