Written in a cookbook-style format, this book provides practical and immediately usable task-based recipes that provide solutions to common development problems, and help you adapt to the latest .NET technologies. If you are a Visual Studio 2013 and .NET developer and would like to sharpen your existing skillsets and adapt to new .NET technologies, this book is ideal for you. A basic understanding of .NET and C# is needed for those of you who are interested in this book. The purpose of this book is to give under the hood expertise in .NET, and help you to face common problems with the latest technologies.