Online Course Description:

This short course covers the latest and greatest features of C#, covering versions 7, 7.1 and 7.2 of the language that are being sim-shipped with corresponding Visual Studio updates.

Course Topics

Here’s every language feature presented in this course, grouped by the version of the C# language.

C# 7:

Out Variables
Pattern Matching (is and switch expressions)
Tuples and Tuple Deconstruction
Local Functions
Ref Returns and Locals
Expression Bodied Members
Throw Expressions
Generalized Async Return Types
Literal Improvements

C# 7.1:

How to turn on C# 7.1 support
Async Main
Default Expressions
Ref Assemblies
Infer Tuple Names
Pattern-Matching with Generics

C# 7.2:

Leading Digit Separators
‘Private Protected’ Access Modifier
Non-Trailing Named Arguments
Reference Semantics on Value Types:
- ‘In’ Parameters
- ‘Ref Readonly’ Variables
- ‘Ref Struct’ and Span<T>

Prerequisites

Knowledge and understanding of C# 6 and earlier
General experience in .NET/C# application development

Learning Outcomes

An understanding and appreciation of latest C# 7/7.1/7.2 language features
Understanding of how to convert existing C# code to C# 7/7.1/7.2

What's New in C# 7, 7.1 and 7.2