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Building CLI Applications with C# and .NET

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

Languages

C#

Tools

.NET

Concepts

Programming Language

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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21. Other Books You May Enjoy

Even heavy graphical applications have a CLI tool!

Why is the preceding story interesting?

It’s not because of the use of PowerShell, WinGet, or Chocolatey. These are clearly CLI tools.

It is because we designed a way to install software from the command line without involving any GUI. This means that even if we are installing graphical applications (such as the Microsoft Office suite, internet browsers, and the Adobe suite), we are doing so by relying on their own CLI tools.

Yes, these graphical applications provide a CLI tool allowing us to install (and sometimes also configure) these applications.

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Authors (1)

Tidjani Belmansour

Tidjani Belmansour

Tidjani Belmansour is an expert in developing and architecting solutions on the Microsoft Azure platform, particularly in .NET, with over 21 years of experience. His passion for development began early—he wrote his first program in QuickBasic at the age of eight and has never stopped since. He is currently the Director of the Azure Centre of Excellence at Cofomo, where he collaborates with organizations of all sizes, across both public and private sectors, and on projects around the globe. Since 2019, Tidjani has been recognized as a Microsoft Azure MVP. He is also the co-host of the Azure Quebec Community, a trainer, a blogger, and an international speaker. Tidjani holds a BSc in Computer Science and a Ph.D. in Engineering.

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