A Programmer's Guide to C# 5.0 (Expert's Voice in .NET)

A Programmer’s Guide to C# 5.0 is a book for software developers who want to truly understand C#. Whether you’ve worked with C# before or with another general-purpose programming language, each fast-paced, focused chapter will take you straight to the heart of a feature of C# and show you why it works the way it does. Written by one-time C# Test Lead, Program Manager, and member of the original C# language design team, this book is an ideal companion to the C# Language Specification, and works both as a tutorial and as a reference guide. Now in its fourth edition, you will find up-to-date coverage of all the latest C# features, including Linq, covariance and contravariance, and async support. You’ll learn how to: Use C# features effectively, in the way they were intended Apply the newest C# features to your coding problems Streamline your database code using LINQ Use async support and the task parallel library to improve performance. Program more efficiently, effectively, and with real insight into this mature and exciting language, with A Programmer’s Guide to C# 5.0. What you’ll learn Learn the "why" behind C# features. Learn how to use C# features effectively, in the way they were designed. Apply the newest C# features to your coding problems. Streamline your database code using Linq. Use Async support to simplify your code. Who this book is for A Programmer’s Guide to C# is aimed at software developers who want to improve their proficiency at using the C# language. No prior knowledge of .NET is required, but the book does assume experience with a general-purpose programming language. Table of ContentsChapter 1:The .NET Runtime Environment Chapter 2: C# Quick Start and C# Development Chapter 3: Classes 101 Chapter 4: Base Classes and Inheritance Chapter 5: Exceptions Chapter 6: Member Accessibility and Overloading Chapter 7: Other Class Details Chapter 8: Structs (Value Types) Chapter 9: Interfaces Chapter 10: Versioning and Aliases Chapter 11: Statements and Flow of Execution Chapter 12: Variable Scoping and Definite Assignment Chapter 13: Operators and Expressions Chapter 14: Conversions Chapter 15: Arrays Chapter 16: Properties Chapter 17: Generics Chapter 18: Indexers, Enumerators, and Iterators Chapter 19: Strings Chapter 20: Enumerations Chapter 21: Attributes Chapter 22: Delegates and Anonymous Methods Chapter 23: Events Chapter 24: Dynamic types Chapter 25: User-Defined Conversions Chapter 26: Operator Overloading Chapter 27: Nullable Types Chapter 28: Linq Chapter 29: Linq to XML Chapter 30: Linq to SQL Chapter 31: Other Language Details Chapter 32: Making Friends with the .NET Framework Chapter 33: System.Array and the Collection Classes Chapter 34: Threading Chapter 35: Asynchronous and Parallel Programming Chapter 36: Execution-Time Code Generation Chapter 37: Interop Chapter 38: .NET Framework Overview Chapter 39: Deeper into C# Chapter 40: Logging and Debugging Techniques Chapter 41: IDEs and Utilities

A Programmer’s Guide to C# 5.0 is a book for software developers who want to truly understand C#. Whether you’ve worked with C# before or with another general-purpose programming language, each fast-paced, focused chapter will take you straight to the heart of a feature of C# and show you why it works the way it does.

Written by one-time C# Test Lead, Program Manager, and member of the original C# language design team, this book is an ideal companion to the C# Language Specification, and works both as a tutorial and as a reference guide. Now in its fourth edition, you will find up-to-date coverage of all the latest C# features, including Linq, covariance and contravariance, and async support.

You’ll learn how to:

• Use C# features effectively, in the way they were intended
• Apply the newest C# features to your coding problems
• Streamline your database code using LINQ
• Use async support and the task parallel library to improve performance.
• Program more efficiently, effectively, and with real insight into this mature and exciting language, with A Programmer’s Guide to C# 5.0.

What you’ll learn

• Learn the why behind C# features.
• Learn how to use C# features effectively, in the way they were designed.
• Apply the newest C# features to your coding problems.
• Streamline your database code using Linq.
• Use Async support to simplify your code.

Who this book is for

A Programmer’s Guide to C# is aimed at software developers who want to improve their proficiency at using the C# language. No prior knowledge of .NET is required, but the book does assume experience with a general-purpose programming language.

Table of ContentsChapter1:The .NET Runtime Environment

Chapter 2: C# Quick Start and C# Development

Chapter 3: Classes 101

Chapter 4: Base Classes and Inheritance

Chapter 5: Exceptions

Chapter 6: Member Accessibility and Overloading

Chapter 7: Other Class Details

Chapter 8: Structs (Value Types)

Chapter 9: Interfaces

Chapter 10: Versioning and Aliases

Chapter 11: Statements and Flow of Execution

Chapter 12: Variable Scoping and Definite Assignment

Chapter 13: Operators and Expressions

Chapter 14: Conversions

Chapter 15: Arrays

Chapter 16: Properties

Chapter 17: Generics

Chapter 18: Indexers, Enumerators, and Iterators

Chapter 19:Strings

Chapter 20: Enumerations

Chapter 21: Attributes

Chapter 22: Delegates and Anonymous Methods

Chapter 23: Events

Chapter 24: Dynamic types

Chapter 25: User-Defined Conversions

Chapter 26:Operator Overloading

Chapter 27: Nullable Types

Chapter 28:Linq

Chapter29: Linq to XML

Chapter30:Linq to SQL

Chapter 31: Other Language Details

Chapter 32: Making Friends with the .NET Framework

Chapter 33: System.Array and the Collection Classes

Chapter 34:Threading

Chapter 35: Asynchronous and Parallel Programming

Chapter 36: Execution-Time Code Generation

Chapter 37: Interop

Chapter 38: .NET Framework Overview

Chapter39:Deeper into C#

Chapter 40: Logging and Debugging Techniques

Chapter 41: IDEs andUtilities