Modern C#: Developer's Craft in the AI Era: (C# 14 and .NET 10)
About this ebook
AI is a powerful tool, but for critical systems, it cannot replace human judgment and oversight. Only when developers maintain genuine ownership of their code can they effectively manage technical debt and maintenance costs over the long term.
So yes, mastering programming languages and APIs matters more than ever.
However, this is not an exhaustive C# reference. Instead, this book focuses on the essential, advanced, and practical aspects of C# that require deep mastery. Unlike traditional programming guides, we emphasize “deep understanding” and encourage you to leverage AI tools to accelerate your development. In an era of AI-generated code, developers need sharper judgment regarding quality, security, and performance—and the skill to precisely direct AI to produce high-quality C# code.
Who this book is for
This book is for developers who already have a foundation in C# or another programming language and want to dive into modern C# syntax and practical details (C# 14 and .NET 10). We skip the absolute basics to focus on the advanced details that AI often overlooks or misinterprets.
(Even so, Chapter 1 begins with a concise “Hello World” example, allowing developers from other languages to quickly transition into the .NET ecosystem.)
Chapters
Preface
Chapter 1: Modern environment and fundamentals (Read now for free)
Chapter 2: Declarations and syntactic sugar
Chapter 3: Null safety
Chapter 4: Immutable design
Chapter 5: Error handling and resource management
Chapter 6: Pattern matching
Chapter 7: Generics
Chapter 8: Delegates and events
Chapter 9: LINQ and functional programming
Chapter 10: Extension methods
Chapter 11: Asynchronous programming
Chapter 12: High-performance memory operations
Afterword
About the author
Michael Tsai
Over a decade of experience in software development and technical writing, and a Microsoft .NET Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for 20 consecutive years.
