Overview
C# 2005 changed the .NET 2.0 landscape. To name just a few improvements, C# now supports generics, partial types and nullable types when youre coding. And the framework boasts improved speed, data access, security, and scalability.
This book has been written to help you assimilate all this new information and realize its potential to make your coding life easier. It will keep you ahead of the curve. To make it easy for you to access this information, the book has been loosely grouped into five sections:
- 1. Introducing C# 2005 and the .NET 2.0 Platform explains the mechanics of .NET programming and the philosophy that lies behind it
- 2. The C# Programming Language outlines everything you need to know to start using C# 2005 quickly and efficiently. Object lifetimes, exception handling, genericsits all here
- 3. Programming with .NET Assemblies deals with one of the most important aspects of .NET programming: reusing code. This book shows you how to capture your code in reuseable external assemblies that you can call upon throughout your applications
- 4. Programming with the .NET Libraries guides you through them. Of course youre not expected to write every function yourself. The .NET Framework provides a vast array of .NET Libraries containing functionality that allows you to do everything from opening a file-stream to rendering graphical data to the screen
- 5. Web Applications and XML Web Services concludes the book by taking you away from console-based C# applications and investigating the myriad possibilities that become available when you blend C# 2005 with ASP.NET 2.0 to launch your applications onto the Internet
Editorials
From Barnes & Noble
The Barnes & Noble ReviewIf you’re serious about programming with the latest versions of C# and .NET, you need C# 2005 and the .NET 2.0 Platform, Third Edition.
Andrew Troelsen illuminates powerful new language and platform features, from generic programming to nullable data types. But he’s also extended his coverage of crucial topics like object serialization, garbage collection, and the Common Intermediate Language.
Troelsen ranges from .NET’s philosophy to C#’s “gory details”: its core constructs, object implementation, memory management, exceptions, interfaces, collections, delegates, advanced type construction, and plenty more. He dives especially deeply into assemblies; then turns to exploring .NET 2.0’s base class library, from the remoting layer to ADO.NET. The book wraps up with a full section on building robust web applications and XML web services.
Experienced C# programmers will be hard-pressed to find a more useful, comprehensive resource. Bill Camarda, from the November 2005 Read Only