Tools and Skills for .NET 10: Get the career you want with good practices and patterns to design, debug, and test your solutions

Mark J. Price

Advance your career by mastering key .NET tools and skills, including debugging, source code management, testing, cloud native development, intelligent apps, and more

Key Features

Coverage of key .NET tools and skills, including refactoring, source code management, debugging, and more

Practical guidance on using code editors effectively and implementing good practices

Explore cutting-edge techniques like cloud native development with Aspire and containerization

Book Description

.NET is more powerful—and more complex—than ever. As the ecosystem evolves, so do the expectations from developers. Mastering the tools and patterns of professional .NET development can be the difference between simply shipping code and delivering resilient, scalable software. Tools and Skills for .NET 10 is a practical guide to leveling up in today’s .NET world, offering both hard technical skills and career strategies to help you thrive.

Inside, you’ll learn how to manage codebases with Git and implement debugging and memory analysis techniques that save hours of guesswork. The book also covers best practices for writing and maintaining documentation for your code, services, and APIs, which is crucial for team collaboration. You’ll explore cryptography for securing data and concurrency for building responsive apps. Further chapters explore dependency injection, testing for performance and reliability, and packaging your apps in Docker containers.

By the end of this book, you’ll be equipped not only with technical skills but also with the confidence to apply them in real environments. Whether you’re aiming for a promotion, switching jobs, or preparing for technical interviews, you’ll have the skills and the language to present yourself as a capable, well-rounded .NET developer ready for anything the industry throws at you.