You're reading from Building CLI Applications with C# and .NET A step-by-step guide to developing cross-platform CLI apps—from coding and testing to deployment

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2025

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781835882740

Length 300 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Author (1):

Tidjani Belmansour

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Getting Started with CLI Applications FREE CHAPTER

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to CLI Applications

3. Chapter 2: Setting Up the Development Environment

4. Chapter 3: Basic Concepts of Console Applications in .NET

5. Part 2: Foundations of Building CLI Applications

6. Chapter 4: Command-Line Parsing

7. Chapter 5: Input/Output and File Handling

8. Chapter 6: Error Handling and Logging

9. Part 3: Advanced Topics in CLI Application Development

10. Chapter 7: Interactive CLI Applications

11. Chapter 8: Building Modular and Extensible CLI Applications

12. Chapter 9: Working with External APIs and Services

13. Part 4: Testing and Deployment

14. Chapter 10: Testing CLI Applications

15. Chapter 11: Packaging and Deployment

16. Part 5: Advanced Techniques and Best Practices

17. Chapter 12: Performance Optimization and Tuning

18. Chapter 13: Security Considerations for CLI Applications

19. Chapter 14: Additional Resources and Libraries

20. Index

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Further reading and resources

While there are a lot of very interesting things to read on the web, I will mention some books from the Packt Publishing collection that I’ve found particularly useful.

C# 12 and .NET 8, by Mark J. Price

If you are learning .NET, it is impossible not to recommend Mark J. Price’s book. This book covers everything you need to know about .NET development. Also, Mark updates his book with every new version of .NET. The latest edition, at the time of writing, is the one covering .NET 8.

To learn more about this book, please visit https://www.packtpub.com/en-ca/product/c-12-and-net-8-modern-cross-platform-development-fundamentals-9781837635870.

Refactoring with C#, by Matt Eland

When building your CLI application, you will most likely have to deal with existing code, and you may need to refactor it in order to make it safer and improve its performance. When this happens, you will be happy to have this book...