Essential C# 5.0, Rough Cuts, 4th Edition

Description

• Copyright 2013
• Dimensions: 7" x 9-1/8"
• Pages: 1032
• Edition: 4th

• Rough Cuts
• ISBN-10: 0-13-311790-1
• ISBN-13: 978-0-13-311790-5

This is the Rough Cut version of the printed book.

Essential C# 5.0 is a well-organized, no-fluff guide to the latest versions of C# for programmers at all levels of C# experience. Fully updated to reflect new features and programming patterns introduced with C# 5.0 and .NET 4.5, this guide shows you how to write C# code that is simple, powerful, robust, secure, and maintainable. Microsoft MVP Mark Michaelis and C# principal developer Eric Lippert provide comprehensive coverage of the entire language, offering a complete foundation for effective software development.

The authors illustrate key constructs with succinct, downloadable code examples. Graphical mind maps at the beginning of each chapter outline the material that is covered and how individual topics interrelate. This edition also includes C# Coding Guidelines that call attention to today’s best practices for writing C# code. Separate indexes of C# versions 3.0, 4.0, and 5.0 make it easy to find answers specific to whatever version of C# you are using.

Throughout, topics intended for beginners and advanced readers are clearly marked. If you’re new to C#, this guide will help you start writing significant code quickly. If you’re an experienced C# developer, you’ll gain insight into today’s most complex programming challenges and techniques as you master key C# 5.0 innovations such as async/await pattern. No matter how advanced your skills become, you’ll come to rely on this indispensable reference.

Coverage includes

• Mastering C# data types, operators, control flow, methods, and parameters
• Making the most of C# object-oriented constructs, including classes, inheritance, interfaces, and more
• Building reliable, effective exception handling into your code
• Using generics, delegates, Lambda expressions, and events to reduce code complexity
• Learning dynamic programming with reflection and attributes
• Querying virtually any type of data using LINQ with Query Expressions
• Creating custom collections that operate against business objects
• Understanding the Common Language Infrastructure and C# in the context of the .NET 4.5 development platform
• Taking advantage of declarative programming, embedded metadata, reflection, and attributes
• Thoroughly mastering multithreading and synchronization, including the new async/await paradigm
• Discussion of WinRT and programming in C# for Windows 8
• Using P/Invoke, pointers, and direct memory manipulation to interoperate with code in other languages
• Understanding how C# programs relate to the underlying runtime

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Sample Content

Table of Contents

Figures         xv

Tables         xvii

Foreword         xix

Preface         xxiii

Acknowledgments         xxxv

About the Authors         xxxvii

Chapter 1: Introducing C#         1

Hello, World  2

C# Syntax Fundamentals  4

Console Input and Output  17

Chapter 2: Data Types         33

Fundamental Numeric Types   34

More Fundamental Types   43

null and void   53

Categories of Types   57

Nullable Modifier   60

Conversions between Data Types   60

Arrays   67

Chapter 3: Operators and Control Flow         85

Operators  86

Introducing Flow Control   103

Code Blocks ({})   110

Code Blocks, Scopes, and Declaration Spaces   112

Boolean Expressions   114

Bitwise Operators (<<, >>, |, &, ^, ~)   121

Control Flow Statements, Continued   127

Jump Statements   139

C# Preprocessor Directives   145

Chapter 4: Methods and Parameters         155

Calling a Method   156

Declaring a Method   163

The using Directive   168

Returns and Parameters on Main()   172

Advanced Method Parameters   175

Recursion  184

Method Overloading   186

Optional Parameters   189

Basic Error Handling with Exceptions   194

Chapter 5: Classes         209

Declaring and Instantiating a Class   213

Instance Fields   217

Instance Methods   219

Using the this Keyword   220

Access Modifiers   227

Properties   229

Constructors   244

Static Members   255

Extension Methods   265

Encapsulating the Data   267

Nested Classes   269

Partial Classes   272

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