From Zero to Hero: Reflection in .NET

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

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

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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