Vincent Maverick S. Durano

Understanding Game Application Development

With Xamarin.Forms and ASP.NET

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Learn to build a simple data-driven mobile game application using the power of Xamarin.Forms, ASP.NET, the Web API, and SignalR with this short book. In it you will build a cross-platform mobile application that targets both iOS and Android, connect your app with your database using Entity Framework, and implement real-time syncing functionality using SignalR.
Understanding Game Application Development starts by giving you an overview of the development tools, an installation guide, and a list of prerequisites. You will learn how to manage application flow, create your workspace, and set up your database. Next, you will see how to access data for handling CRUD operations and define the necessary API endpoints. Further, you will build a mobile application with Xamarin.Forms, both in iOS and in Android.
You will also understand the deployment and testing process as well as how to build a real-time leader boardusing ASP.NET MVC and SignalR. Finally, you will understand how to publish your source code on GitHub from Visual Studio 2017.

What You Will LearnUnderstand the basic concept and fundamentals of the technologies used for building the applicationsSet up your development environmentCreate a SQL database from scratch Implement a data access layerDefine REST service endpoints using the Web APIDeploy, test, and debug iOS and Android applicationsPush your source code to GitHubWho This Book Is For
.NET developers who want to jump on mobile application development with Xamarin and learn with practical examples.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Apress / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4842-4263-6
• 1st ed.
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 456g
• ISBN-13: 9781484242636
• ISBN-10: 1484242637
• Artikelnr.: 54204809

Autorenporträt

Vincent works as a senior software engineer in a research and development company, focusing mainly on web and mobile technologies. He is a nine-time Microsoft MVP, three-time C# Corner MVP, CodeProject MVP, Microsoft Influencer, DZone MVB and a regular contributor at CodeProject, CsharpCorner, Microsoft TechNet Wiki, AspSnippets and Xamarin. He also contributes at the official Microsoft ASP.NET community site where he became one of the all-time top answerers with All-Star recognition level (the highest attainable level). He authored a few e-books for C# Corner: GridView Control Pocket Guide, ASP.NET MVC 5: A Beginner's Guide and is now working on a new book entitled ASP.NET Core 2: A Beginner's Guide. He runs a blog at http://vmsdurano.com, created a few open-source projects that are hosted on Codeplex and GitHub. He also developed VMD.RESTApiResponseWrapper.Core and VMD.RESTApiResponseWrapper.Net NuGet packages.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Getting Started.- Chapter 3: Configure Data Access and API Endpoints.- Chapter 4: Building the Mobile Application with Xamarin.Forms.- Chapter 5: Building a Simple Real-time Leaderboard Web App with ASP.NET SignalR and MVC.- Chapter 6: Deployment and Installation.- Chapter 7: Pushing Your Code to GitHub.