Modern C#

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Modern C# will improve your professional coding skills by giving you a deep look into C#, one of the most popular programming languages in use today. By exploring the intricacies of the C# type system, you’ll make best use of fundamental aspects of the language, including types and references, lifetimes and scope, mutability and inheritance, and memory and storage. You’ll also learn to identify common pitfalls and misunderstandings, like knowing when a value is stored on a heap and when it’s on the stack, or when a reference is actually a copy. The author provides plenty of working code examples throughout the book, making it a handy technical guide that you can directly apply in your work. 

This book will help you:

• Know the key differences between value and reference types, and when to use what
• Understand C# memory and object models to write more efficient programs
• Use classes, structs, and records accurately and appropriately  
• Create effective custom types for specific use-cases 
• Navigate concepts like inheritance, mutability, and memory storage with confidence
• Use embedded types to make your code safer and more readable

By learning how core aspects of the language work, you can make informed decisions in your problem-solving, and skilfully program modern, professional C# code with confidence.