A Programmer's Introduction to C# 2.0 THIRD EDITION

A Programmer's Introduction to C# 2.0, Third Edition is a critical update to the highly successful second edition. It is written by a member of the original C# language-design team and a C# program manager, so you can be certain this book contains the expertise you're looking for.

This third edition covers the elements of C# 2005 that you'll soon embrace. This comprehensive tutorial explains features like generics, iterators, anonymous types, and partial classes. It is sure to be a key resource for all you C# programmers!

Object-Oriented Basics.- The .NET Runtime Environment.- C# Quick Start and C# Development.- Exception Handling.- Classes 101.- Base Classes and Inheritance.- Member Accessibility and Overloading.- Other Class Details.- Structs (Value Types).- Interfaces.- Versioning and Aliases.- Statements and Flow of Execution.- Variable Scoping and Definite Assignment.- Operators and Expressions.- Conversions.- Arrays.- Generics.- Strings.- Properties.- Indexers, Enumerators, and Iterators.- Enumerations.- Attributes.- Delegates and Anonymous Methods.- Events.- User-Defined Conversions.- Operator Overloading.- Nullable Types.- Other Language Details.- Making Friends with the .NET Framework.- System.Array and the Collection Classes.- Threading and Asynchronous Operations.- Execution-Time Code Generation.- Interop.- .NET Framework Overview.- Windows Forms.- DiskDiff: More Sophistication.- Practical DiskDiff.- Deeper into C#.- Defensive Programming.- Tips for Real-World Code.- The Command-Line Compiler.- C# Compared to Other Languages.- C# Resources and the Future.

Eric Gunnerson is a software developer working at Microsoft. He is a past C# Test Lead, C# Program Manager, and member of the C# Language Design Team. He s been a developer for longer than he cares to admit, and has worked on everything from microcontrollers to minicomputers. In his spare time, he enjoys writing about himself in the third person.