ISBN: 9788173663192    Publisher: O’reilly Year of publishing: 2010     Format:  Paperback No of Pages: 232        Language: English

Concise but thorough, this second edition of C# Essentials introduces the Microsoft C# programming language, including the Microsoft .Net Common Language Runtime (CLR) and .Net Framework Class Libraries (FCL) that support it. This book's compact format and terse presentation of key concepts serve as a roadmap to the online documentation included with the Microsoft .Net Framework SDK, the many examples provide much-needed context. This new edition has been updated to cover the final release of the C# language. In addition to overviews of C#, the CLR and the FCL, this new edition of C# Essentials covers: Every C# language element and its syntax, in reference format, including new keywords. The major C# data types, with code examples. Common C# programming tasks. Interoperation with legacy Win32 APIs and COM components and the use of C/C++ style pointers within the managed context of the CLR. Common development issues. C# Essentials is an easy way for experienced programmers to evaluate and get up to speed quickly on the language best suited to developing web applications and services on the new Microsoft .Net platform.
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Joseph Albahari is author of C 3.0 in a Nutshell, LINQ Pocket Reference and C 3.0 Pocket Reference. He has been developing large-scale enterprise applications on .Net and other platforms for more than 15 years and is author of LINQPad - the popular utility for querying databases in LINQ.Joseph is currently a freelance consultant. Ben Albahari is the founder of Take On It. He was a Program Manager at Microsoft for 5 years, where he worked on several projects, including the .Net Compact Framework and ADO .Net. He was the cofounder of Genamics, a provider of tools for C and J++ programmers, as well as software for DNA and protein sequence analysis. He is a co-author of C Essentials, the first C book from O'Reilly and of previous editions of C in a Nutshell.
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