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+Professional C# 7 and .NET Core 2.0
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+Code samples for the Wrox Press book Professional C# 7 and .NET Core 2.0
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+To compile and run the samples, you need Visual Studio 2017, Visual Studio for Mac, or Visual Studio Code. 
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+You can download these tools here: https://www.visualstudio.com/.
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+The console app samples can be used on Windows, Linux, or Mac. Here is the installation procedure for .NET Core: https://www.microsoft.com/net/core.
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+If you're using Visual Studio, Update 5 or a later version of Visual Studio 2017 is needed. With the Visual Studio Installer you need to select this workload to compile most of the code samples: **.NET Core cross-platform development**.
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+ASP.NET Core samples need this workload: ASP.NET and web development.
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+Windows app samples require Windows 10, Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (build 16299) or a later version. With the Windows app samples, Visual Studio 2017 Update 5 is required with this workload: **Universal Windows Platform Development**.
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+Compiling the Xamarin samples, you have different options using a Mac or a Windows system:
+* On the Mac, you can install Visual Studio for Mac to compile the Android and iOS samples.
+* On Windows 10, you can use Visual Studio 2017. To compile the iOS samples, you also need a Mac. Using only Windows 10, you can compile and run the Windows and Android code samples.
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+* Visual Studio 2017 with the .NET Core workload
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+Here's the list of chapters and the folders for the code samples:
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+* Chapter 1 - .NET Applications and Tools (HelloWorld)
+* Chapter 2 - Core C# (CoreCsharp)
+* Chapter 3 - Objects and Types (ObjectsAndTypes)
+* Chapter 4 - Object-Oriented Programming with C# (ObjectOrientation)
+* Chapter 5 - Generics (Generics)
+* Chapter 6 - Operators and Casts (OperatorsAndCasts)
+* Chapter 7 - Arrays (Arrays)
+* Chapter 8 - Delegates, Lambdas, and Events (Delegates)
+* Chapter 9 - Strings and Regluar Expressions (StringsAndRegularExpressions)
+* Chapter 10 - Collections (Collections)
+* Chapter 11 - Special Collections (SpecialCollections)
+* Chapter 12 - Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
+* Chapter 13 - Functional Programming with C# (FunctionalProgramming)
+* Chapter 14 - Errors and Exceptions (ErrorsAndExceptions)
+* Chapter 15 - Asynchronous Programming (Async)
+* Chapter 16 - Reflection, Metadata, and Dynamic Programming (ReflectionAndDynamic)
+* Chapter 17 - Managed and Umanaged Memory (Memory)
+* Chapter 18 - Visual Studio 2017 (VisualStudio)
+* Chapter 19 - Libraries, Assemblies, Packages, and NuGet (Libraries)
+* Chapter 20 - Dependency Injection (DependencyInjection)
+* Chapter 21 - Tasks and Parallel Programming (Tasks)
+* Chapter 22 - Files and Streams (FilesAndStreams)
+* Chapter 23 - Networking (Networking)
+* Chapter 24 - Security (Security)
+* Chapter 25 - ADO.NET and Transactions (ADONet)
+* Chapter 26 - Entity Framework Core (EFCore)
+* Chapter 27 - Localization (Localization)
+* Chapter 28 - Testing (Tests)
+* Chapter 29 - Tracing, Logging, and Analytics (Diagnostics)
+* Chapter 30 - ASP.NET Core (ASPNETCore)
+* Chapter 31 - ASP.NET Core MVC (MVC)
+* Chapter 32 - Web API (API)
+* Chapter 33 - Windows Apps (Windows)
+* Chapter 34 - Patterns with XAML Apps (Patterns and PatternsXamarinShared)
+* Chapter 35 - Styling Windows Apps (Styles)
+* Chapter 36 - Advanced Windows (AdvancedWindows)
+* Chapter 37 - Xamarin.Forms (Xamarin and PatternsXamarinShared)
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+## Bonus Chapters
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+* Bonus Chapter 1 - Composition (Composition)
+* Bonus Chapter 2 - XML and JSON (XMLandJSON)
+* Bonus Chapter 3 - SignalR and WebHooks (SignalRAndWebHooks)
+* Bonus Chapter 4 - Bots and Cognitive Services (BotAndCognitive)
+* Bonus Chapter 5 - More Windows Apps Features (MoreWindows)
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+In case you've some issues to compile and run the samples, create an issue in the Professional C# 7 GitHub repository: https://github.com/ProfessionalCSharp/ProfessionalCSharp7.
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+Have fun coding and enjoy the book!
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+Christian