What’s New in C# 7, 7.1 and 7.2

Learn about latest C# features coming out in Visual Studio 2017.

 What You will Learn?

• Understand and appreciate C# 7/7.1/7.2 language features.
• Learn how to use new language features in practice.

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