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ADAM FREEMAN, Pro ASP.NET Core MVC , 10.1007/978-1-4842-0397-2_4

4. Essential C# Features

Adam Freeman

(1)Milton Keynes MK6 3PA, UK

In this chapter, I describe C# features used in web application development that are not widely understood or often cause confusion. This is not a book about C#, however, and so I provide only a brief example for each feature so that you can follow the examples in the rest of the book and take advantage of these features in your own projects. Table 4-1 summarizes this chapter.

Table 4-1. Chapter Summary

Problem

Solution

Listing

Avoid accessing properties on null references

Use the null conditional operator

6–9

Simplify C# properties

Use automatically implemented properties

10–12

Simplify string composition ...

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