Introducing
.NET 6
Getting Started with Blazor, MAUI, Windows App SDK, Desktop Development,
and Containers
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Nico Vermeir
Introducing .NET 6
Getting Started with Blazor, MAUI, Windows App SDK, Desktop Development, and Containers
Nico Vermeir
Introducing .NET 6: Getting Started with Blazor, MAUI, Windows App SDK, Desktop Development, and Containers
Nico Vermeir
Merchtem, Belgium
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Table of Contents
About the Author\ ix Acknowledgments\ xi Introduction\ xiii
Chapter 1: A Tour of .NET 6 1
.NET 6 |
1 |
Version Support |
2 |
Supported Versions\ ...................... 3 |
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A Unified Platform\ ........................ 4 |
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Roadmap ...................................... 5 |
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Supported Operating Systems\ ..... 6 |
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Command Line Interface |
8 |
Desktop Development\................ 12 |
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Blazor\.......................................................................................................................................... |
15 |
MAUI ........................................... 17 |
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Wrapping Up\ .............................. 20 |
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Chapter 2: Runtimes and Desktop Packs 21
.NET 6 Architecture\ |
21 |
Runtimes..................................................................................................................................... |
22 |
CoreCLR ................................ 23 |
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Mono...................................................................................................................................... |
23 |
WinRT\.................................................................................................................................... |
24 |
Managed Execution Process\...... 24 |
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Desktop Packs\ |
25 |
Wrapping Up\ .............................. 29 |
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Chapter 3: Command Line Interface\ 31
Dotnet New\ |
33 |
Dotnet Restore\ |
38 |
NuGet.config |
43 |
Dotnet Build\................................................................................................................................ |
46 |
Dotnet Publish |
52 |
Dotnet Run\.................................................................................................................................. |
56 |
Dotnet Test\.................................................................................................................................. |
58 |
Using the CLI in GitHub Actions .. 60 |
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Other Commands\ |
63 |
Wrapping Up\ .............................. 64 |
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Chapter 4: Desktop Development\ 65
WinAPI |
66 |
WinForms.................................................................................................................................... |
69 |
STAThread |
71 |
WinForms Startup ................. 72 |
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The Message Loop\ |
82 |
The Form Designer\ ............... 82 |
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WPF ............................................ 91 |
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WPF Startup |
93 |
XAML Layout |
95 |
Visual Tree\ .......................... 103 |
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Data Binding\ ....................... 106 |
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Windows App SDK .................... 109 |
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Building a Windows App SDK application |
110 |
Using Windows APIs with Windows App SDK\ |
113 |
Packaging ........................... 115 |
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Migrating to .NET 6\ |
119 |
Upgrade Assistant\ |
122 |
Wrapping Up\ ............................ 123 |
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Chapter 5: Blazor 125
Blazor WebAssembly |
125 |
Creating a Blazor Wasm Project\ |
126 |
Blazor Progressive Web Apps\ |
127 |
Exploring the Blazor Client Project\ |
129 |
Blazor in .NET 6\ .................. 132 |
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Blazor Component System\ |
134 |
Creating Blazor Pages\ |
136 |
Running a Blazor App\ |
140 |
Blazor Server\ |
144 |
SignalR\................................................................................................................................ |
144 |
Blazor Desktop |
148 |
Wrapping Up\ ............................ 152 |
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Chapter 6: MAUI 153
Project Structure |
154 |
Exploring MAUI ......................... 156 |
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The Cross-Platform World\ |
159 |
Application Lifecycle\ |
161 |
MVVM\........................................................................................................................................ |
164 |
MVVM Toolkit |
170 |
Wrapping Up\ ............................ 176 |
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Chapter 7: ASP.NET Core\ 177
Model-View-Controller\ |
177 |
Routing\................................................................................................................................ |
185 |
Views\.................................. 186 |
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Controllers\ .......................... 189 |
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Web API\ .................................... 200 |
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Controller-Based APIs\ |
201 |
Minimal APIs |
215 |
Wrapping Up\ ............................ 219 |
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Chapter 8: Microsoft Azure 221
Web Apps\ |
222 |
Creating an App Service\ |
222 |
Static Web Apps\ |
234 |
Web App for Containers\ |
237 |
Docker\ ................................ 238 |
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Azure Functions\ ....................... 245 |
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Deploying Azure Functions\ |
253 |
Wrapping Up\ ............................ 257 |
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Chapter 9: Application Architecture\ 259
Record Types |
259 |
Monolith Architecture ............... 263 |
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Microservices |
264 |
Container Orchestration\ ........... 265 |
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Kubernetes\ ......................... 265 |
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Docker Compose\ ................ 268 |
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Dapr\.......................................................................................................................................... |
270 |
Installing Dapr\ |
270 |
Dapr State Management |
272 |
Wrapping Up\ ............................ 273 |
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Chapter 10: .NET Compiler Platform 275
Roslyn\ |
275 |
Compiler API\ ....................... 277 |
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Diagnostic API ..................... 278 |
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Scripting API\ ....................... 278 |
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Workspace API |
278 |
Syntax Tree\ ......................... 278 |
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Roslyn SDK\ ......................... 279 |
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Creating an Analyzer\ |
282 |
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Source Generators\ |
285 |
Writing a Source Generator\ |
285 |
Debugging Source Generators |
293 |
Wrapping Up\ ............................ 295 |
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Chapter 11: Advanced .NET 6\ 297
Garbage Collector\ |
297 |
The Heap\ |
299 |
The Stack |
300 |
Garbage Collection\ |
300 |
A Look at the Threadpool\ |
301 |
Async in .NET 6\ ........................ 304 |
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Await/Async |
304 |
Cancellations\ ...................... 308 |
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WaitAsync ........................... 310 |
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Conclusion\................................................................................................................................ |
311 |
Index 313
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