Software design and clean code

Stage 1 · Lesson 8 of 8

Modern C#: properties, records and primary constructors

Object-oriented programming properly

C# gives you properties instead of Java-style getters and setters, with init for values that can only be set when the object is created. give value equality and non-destructive copies with the with expression. Primary let a class declare its dependencies in one line, which pairs well with the built-in in ASP.NET Core.

Interfaces can have default implementations, and pattern matching with switch expressions handles many cases that once needed a . Learn these on a current .NET release and read the official C# guide for the version you use.

Common trapcopying older C# samples that expose public setters on every property, which undoes just as much as public fields.

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Resources for this stage

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Practise

  • Free exercises in your language with optional human mentoring on design, not just on passing tests

Keep handy

  • Microsoft's C# guide: the object-oriented programming and records sections

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