Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "Mount the downloaded WebStorm-10*.dmg disk image file as another disk in your system."

A block of code is set as follows:

public void WriteLog(string message)
{
logFile.WriteLine($"{DateTime.Now} Log Message: {message} ");
}

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

if (!File.Exists(logFileName))
{
  logFile = File.CreateText(logFileName);
}
else
{
  logFile = File.AppendText(logFileName);
}

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

$ dotnet build

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Select System info from the Administration panel."

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.