Accelerated C# 2008

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Apress, Feb 7, 2008 - Computers - 510 pages

Many books introduce C#, but if you don't have the time to read 1,200 pages, Accelerated C# 2008 gives you everything you need to know about C# 2008 in a concentrated 500 pages of must-know information and best practices.

C# 2008 offers powerful new features, and Accelerated C# 2008 is the fastest path to mastery, for both experienced C# programmers moving to C# 2008 and programmers moving to C# from another object-oriented language.

You’ll quickly master C# syntax while learning how the CLR simplifies many programming tasks. You’ll also learn best practices that ensure your code will be efficient, reusable, and robust. Why spend months or years discovering the best ways to design and code C# when this book will show you how to do things the right way, right from the start?

  • Comprehensively and concisely explains both C# 2005 and C# 2008 features
  • Focuses on the language itself and on how to use C# 2008 proficiently for all .NET application development
  • Concentrates on how C# features work and how to best use them for robust, high–performance code
 

Contents

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1
CHAPTER
4
CHAPTER
5
CHAPTER
6
C and the CLR
9
CHAPTER
10
CHAPTER
12
CHAPTER
14
Working with Strings
195
Working with Strings from Outside Sources
208
Arrays Collection Types and Iterators
221
Delegates Anonymous Functions and Events
253
Anonymous Methods
266
Generics
279
Constraints
297
Summary
316

C Syntax Overview
17
Types and Variables
19
Classes Structs and Objects
39
APPENDIX
70
Value Type Definitions
75
Object Initializers
84
Interfaces and Contracts
123
Overloading Operators
149
Summary
161
Exception Handling and Exception Safety
163
Who Should Handle Exceptions?
172
Threading in C
317
Using ThreadPool
353
In Search of C Canonical Forms
363
Value Type Canonical Forms
405
Extension Methods
417
Lambda Expressions
443
Language Integrated Query
465
APPENDIX References
495
INDEX
497
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Trey Nash is an escalation engineer at Microsoft working on the Windows operating systems as well as various other products. When he is not working feverishly within the bowels of the operating system, he is delivering training on .NET Platform debugging as well as user mode and kernel mode debugging on the Windows platform. Prior to working at Microsoft, he was a principal software engineer working on security solutions at Credant Technologies, a market-leading security software company. He also enjoined a stint at a large Bluetooth company developing Bluetooth solutions for the release of Microsoft Vista. Before that, he called Macromedia, Inc. home for five years. At Macromedia, he worked on a cross-product engineering team for several years, designing solutions for a wide range of products throughout the company, including Flash, Fireworks, and Dreamweaver. He specialized in COM/DCOM using C/C++/ATL until the .NET revolution. He's been glued to computers ever since he scored his first, a TI-99/4A, when he was a mere 13 years old. He astounded his parents by turning a childhood obsession into a decent-paying career, much to their dismay. Trey received his bachelor of science and his master of engineering degrees in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University. When he's not sitting in front of a computer, you can find him working in his garage, playing his piano, brushing up on a foreign language (Russian and Icelandic are the current favorites), or playing ice hockey.

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