This chapter contains the following code samples:

• HTTP
  • HttpServer (HTTP server using WebListener)
  • HttpClientSample (HTTP client using HttpClient)
  • WinAppHttpClient (HTTP client with UWP app where HttpClient supports HTTP 2.0)
• Utilities
  • Utilities (using Uri and IPAddress)
• DnsLookup
  • DnsLookup (showing IP Addresses using Dns)
• TCP
  • HttpClientUsingTcp (using TcpClient to access a HTTP Server)
  • TcpServer (TCP server using TcpListener and a custom protocol)
  • TcpClientSample (TCP client using TcpClient)
  • WinAppTcpClient (UWP client application managing the custom protocol form TcpServer)
  • WPFAppTcpClient (WPF client application managing the custom protocol from TcpServer)
• UDP
  • UdpSender (UDP sender using UdpClient)
  • UdpReceiver (UDP receiver using UdpClient)
• Sockets
  • SocketServer (using Socket to create a server)
  • SocketClient (using Socket to create a client)

To build and run the .NET Core samples, please install one of these tools:

• Visual Studio 2017 Update 5 with the .NET Core workload
• Visual Studio for Mac
• Visual Studio Code

The WinAppTcpClient sample needs Windows 10 and Visual Studio 2017 with the Universal Windows Platform development workload. The other samples can be used on other platforms. The WPFAppTcpClient needs a Windows system.

Please download and install the tools from .NET Core downloads.

For code comments and issues please check Professional C#'s GitHub Repository

Please check my blog csharp.christiannagel.com for additional information for topics covered in the book.

Thank you!