Stay ahead of the curve with the rapidly evolving C# language. This one-day workshop is tailored to immerse you in the modern advancements introduced to C# and .NET, empowering you to craft efficient and contemporary applications.

What to expect during the class:
* Engaging lectures updating you on C# 12 and .NET 8 enhancements.
* Live demonstrations elucidating complex topics.
* Hands-on exercises for practical experience and reinforcement.

Duration:
1-day

Target audience
Experienced C# developers who want to learn the new and modern features in C# and .NET.

Prerequisites:
A few years of C# development experience and proficiency in core concepts like generics, lambdas, and LINQ are essential to fully benefit from this workshop.

Agenda
This workshop will cover:
* Source generators
* Ahead-of-time compilation (AOT)
* Value Tuples
* Deconstruction
* Creating value objects using records
* With-expressions
* Value-based equality
* Pattern matching
* is expression enhancements
* Switch expressions
* Property pattern, Tuple pattern, Positional pattern, etc.
* The new TimeProvider type
* Primary constructors
* Collection expressions
* Top level statements
* Namespaces and usings
* global using directives
* Implicit usings
* File scoped namespaces
* Nullability
* Nullable reference types
* Using the ? and ! annotations
* Null operators
* Recent features in Visual Studio
* http files
* Property Innovations:
* Init Properties
* Required members
* Lambda Improvements:
* Local functions
* Expression-bodied members
* And much more!

I have taught C# class for over 10 years, and all the participants need is Visual Studio 2022 with .NET 8 installed.