Overview
C# was designed from the ground up for development on Microsoft's .NET framework. As such, it's a high-performance language that's simple, safe, object-oriented, and Internet-centric. Programming C#, 2nd Edition teaches this new language in a way that experienced programmers will appreciate—by grounding its applications firmly in the context of Microsoft's .NET platform and the development of desktop and Internet applications.
The first part of this book introduces C# fundamentals, then goes on to explain:
- Classes and objects
- Inheritance and polymorphism
- Operator overloading
- Structs and interfaces
- Arrays, indexers, and collections
- String objects and regular expressions
- Exceptions and bug handling
- Delegates and events
Part two of Programming C#, 2nd Edition focuses on development of desktop and Internet applications, including Windows Forms, ADO.NET and ASP.NET. ASP.NET includes Web Forms, for rapid development of web applications, and Web Services for creating objects without user interfaces, to provide services over the Internet.
Part three gets to the heart of the .NET Framework, focusing on attributes and reflection, remoting, threads and cynchronization, and streams. Part three also illustrates how to interoperate with COM objects.
In much the way that you can see the features and personality of the parents and grandparents in young children, you can easily see the influence of Java, C++, Visual Basic, and other languages in C#. The level of information in Programming C#, 2nd Edition allows you to become productive quickly with C# and to rely on it as a powerful addition to your family of mastered programming languages.
The goal of C# is to serve as a high-performance language for .NET development--one that is simple, safe, object-oriented, and Internet-centric. Programming C# teaches this new language in a way that experienced programmers will appreciate--by grounding its application firmly in the context of Microsoft's .NET platform and the development of desktop and Internet applications.
Editorials
From Barnes & Noble
The Barnes & Noble ReviewWe raved about the first edition of Programming C#. In the Second Edition, Liberty's done an awful lot of polishing, reflecting the evolution of C# through the beta process, extensive feedback from dozens of expert C# developers, and his own experience with C# in enterprise development projects.
Liberty starts with a quick overview of .NET and a tour of the fundamentals, from the language's strongly typed nature to its use of namespaces, with a focus on its object-oriented features. Next, you'll go to work building both desktop applications with Windows Forms and web applications with Web Forms. Along the way, Liberty shows how to make the most of RAD features once available only to VB programmers.
Many of C#'s most powerful capabilities draw on its relationship to the broader .NET Framework. Liberty explains these improvements in detail -- including garbage collection, assemblies, versioning, attributes, reflection, marshaling, and remoting. All with the extraordinary clarity and well-crafted examples we've come to expect from Jesse Liberty. (Bill Camarda)
Bill Camarda is a consultant, writer, and web/multimedia content developer with nearly 20 years' experience in helping technology companies deploy and market advanced software, computing, and networking products and services. His 15 books include Special Edition Using Word 2000 and Upgrading & Fixing Networks For Dummies®, Second Edition.