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    • From Zero to Hero: Reflection in .NET

    Master the art of Reflection in .NET using C# and make the impossible, possible

    Nick Cosentino Nick Cosentino

    About This Course

    Reflection makes programming feel like magic, even more than it already does. It allows developers to gain access to programming capabilities, that compile time safety might not allow. Reflection is used everywhere, and it is the glue that brings some of the most advanced features in .NET together to enable us to build APIs, web applications, mobile apps, desktop apps, and so much more. Knowing how to use reflection is one thing, but very few developers fully understand it and use such a powerful tool responsibly. In this course, Microsoft Principal Software Engineering Manager Nick Consentino will teach you how to use reflection in your codebases correctly to build incredible software.

    Course Curriculum

    5h 18m 11 sections
    Welcome
    01:47 Free preview
    What will you learn in this course?
    02:29 Free preview
    Who is the course for and prerequisites
    02:24 Free preview
    Teaching style
    02:07 Free preview
    Static, Dynamic, Strong, and Weak
    04:21
    Where does type information go?
    03:30
    What Is Reflection?
    06:06
    Example Use Cases
    04:04
    Looking Up Types
    08:04
    Filtering Type Information
    12:03
    Assembly Scanning
    10:50
    Example Application
    15:48
    Get members of type
    14:54
    BindingFlags
    09:51
    Properties & Fields: Get and Set
    16:46
    Calling Methods
    09:46
    Constructor Info
    09:26
    GetMember & InvokeMember
    08:50
    Example Application
    15:05
    What is an attribute
    06:58
    Restrict to certain constructs
    05:50
    Finding Attributes on Types
    09:58
    Example Application
    10:39
    Recap & Introduction
    03:15
    Activator Create Instance
    09:47
    Example Application
    15:20
    Checking For Generics
    09:59
    Using Generics From Reflection
    07:57
    Make Generic Instances
    04:58
    Type Discovery
    07:38
    Invoking Members
    15:01
    Construction
    15:48
    Unsafe Accessors
    10:52
    Unsafe Accessor Performance
    13:37
    Code Generation
    08:28
    Conclusion
    03:46

    Course Details

    Level From Zero to Hero
    Duration 5h 18m
    Rating
    4.6 stars

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    Meet Your Instructor

    Nick Cosentino

    Nick Cosentino

    Nick Cosentino is a Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft and a .NET content creator. He manages the teams responsible for deploying the hundreds of services supporting the Microsoft365 suite of products to serve users across the planet. Nick brings his unique experiences to the Big Tech world having worked at a startup that scaled from a handful of employees to hundreds before it went public.

    Nick runs a software engineering and dotnet-focused blog as well as a YouTube channel called Dev Leader. While he enjoys solving complex problems with software solutions, Nick is passionate about reducing barriers for people to get started on their software engineering journey.

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