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Using the New Null Conditional Operator in C# 6: Jul 23, 2015; Bill Wagner, author of Effective C#: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your C#, Second Edition, shows how to use the new null conditional operator in C# 6 to reduce code size, decrease bug counts, and make code more readable.

Visual Studio .NET and C#: Oct 18, 2002; Two of the first professors to teach C# explain how to use the Visual Studio .NET environment to build a simple console and Windows application. They also provide a quick overview of the C# language.

Why C# Is Not Java: Sep 2, 2001; C# and Java aren't the same thing-or even all that similar. Joe Mayo peeks under the hood to show why C# is its own language.

Why C#?: Oct 11, 2002; Discover what C# can do for you. Learn how this Web-friendly, object-oriented language came to be and why it is considered to be the language of choice for systems software design by today's industry experts.

Will One Whidbey Be the Same as the Rest?: Aug 29, 2003; Check out the likely differences and similarities in editions of Microsoft's upcoming Whidbey development environment for Visual Basic, C++, C#, and J# with tech journalist Jacqueline Emigh.

Working with a Database in C#: Sep 26, 2002; In this lesson you'll learn the basics of working with a database using ADO.NET, Microsoft's newest database technology.

Working with Operators and Control Flow in C#: Jan 1, 2013; This chapter introduces the C# operators related to assignment and arithmetic, shows how to use the operators along with the const keyword to declare constants, introduces the if statement and the important concepts of code blocks and scope, and discusses the bitwise operators, especially regarding masks. It also covers other control flow statements such as loops, switch, and goto, and ends with the C# preprocessor directives.

Working with User Input Devices in the Windows Runtime: Jul 17, 2014; In this chapter from Programming the Windows Runtime by Example: A Comprehensive Guide to WinRT with Examples in C# and XAML, you see how the WinRT APIs provide a common model for working with the various kinds of input pointer devices. This model provides a range of access, allowing you not only to obtain information about raw pointer events, but also to work with higher-level abstract gestures, depending on the needs of your app. You also see how you can access keyboard events from your code and obtain information about the user’s key presses.

Writing C# Expressions: Sep 2, 2001; Learn here how to use C#'s complete set of language elements for building expressions, with expert guidance from Joe Mayo.

Writing LINQ Queries with the Entity Framework: Sep 23, 2008; Learn why LINQ to Entities will make database programming easier than ever.

You'd Better Drop Microsoft's J++ Now: Sep 12, 2003; Microsoft is ending support of its Visual J++ in January. Microsoft has posted several workarounds to give you alternative paths. But, explains Jacqueline Emigh, with less than four months to go, some of their solutions aren't even ready yet.