C# is rapidly approaching the third decade of its newest features. It helps in preventing the reference exceptions that have riddled object-oriented programming. C# and .NET Core combined give developers a new sense of robustness, flexibility, and efficiency to build amazing applications inside and outside the MS ecosystem. There are several improvements and additions to the language and framework in this upcoming release. After quickly taking you through C# 8 and how .NET Core 3.0 works, you’ll explore topics such as packaging and deploying your own libraries, working with Visual Studio and other relevant tools, and using common libraries to work with collections, performance, databases, and encryption. The course practically demonstrates the major types of applications that you can build and deploy cross-device and cross-platformweb, mobile, and desktop alike. About the AuthorDimitris Loukas is a software engineer who is currently part of a growing start-up building a revolutionary referral marketing platform with Node. js, Angular, MySQL, Redis, and Docker. He also develops trading software applications using C#, Aurelia, and TypeScript. He is an author at Packt and has developed many video tutorials in C#, .NET Core, and TypeScript. He has worked for two start-ups in the past, is active in the open-source community, and loves taking up small side projects. He has developed microservices using C# and Node. js and has also mastered Angular, Aurelia, and Vue. js. He is an early adopter of .NET Core and is fascinated by modern JavaScript and where the web is going.