Advanced .NET with C#

Reflection

• Types at runtime

• Metadata and Reflection

• Obtaining type information

• Dynamic invocation

• Custom attributes

• Introduction to the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)

Generics

• The need for Generics

• Boxing and Unboxing

• Generic Types

• Generic Methods

• Generic Constraints

• Generic Collections

• Generic Interfaces

• Generic Variance (C# 4)

Delegates, Events and Lambdas

• Delegate Basics

• Delegate Internals

• Generic delegates

• Anonymous delegates and closures

• Lambda Expressions

C# 3.0 and LINQ

• Partial types and partial methods

• Iterators

• Expression Trees

• C# 3.0 basic features

• Language Integrated Query

• LINQ to XML

• LINQ to Entities

Resource Management

• CLR Memory management

• Object creation and destruction

• How the GC Works

• Finalizers

• The Dispose Pattern

• Controlling GC

• The Large Object Heap

• Monitoring Memory

• Best Practices

Processes, Thread and AppDomains

• Windows Process

• Windows Thread

• CLR AppDomains

• Assemblies and AppDomains

• Crossing AppDomains

Threading and Synchronization

• Native vs. Managed Threads

• Thread Creation and Control

• Thread Synchronization

• Thread Local Storage

• Kernel Object Synchronization

• The Thread Pool

Parallel & Asynchronous Programming

• Introduction to Tasks

• Tasks vs. Threads

• Working with Tasks

• Task Schedulers

• The Parallel Class

• Parallel LINQ

• Concurrent Collections

• Asynchronous Calls

• Async Patterns in .NET

• Using C# 5.0 for asynchrony

C# 6.0 and C# 7.x

• C# Evolution

• The .NET Compiler Platform

• C# 6.0 Useful features

• C# 7.x Useful features

• What’s expected in C# 8.0?