A Programmer's Guide to C# 5.0

A Programmers Guide to C# 5.0 is a book for software developers who want to truly understand C#. Whether youve worked with C# before or with another general-purpose programming language, each fast-paced, focused chapter will take you straight to the heart of a feature of C# and show you why it works the way it does.



Written by one-time C# Test Lead, Program Manager, and member of the original C# language design team, this book is an ideal companion to the C# Language Specification, and works both as a tutorial and as a reference guide. Now in its fourth edition, you will find up-to-date coverage of all the latest C# features, including Linq, covariance and contravariance, and async support.



Youll learn how to:

• Use C# features effectively, in the way they were intended
• Apply the newest C# features to your coding problems
• Streamline your database code using LINQ
• Use async support and the task parallel library to improve performance.
• Program more efficiently, effectively, and with real insight into this mature and exciting language, with A Programmers Guide to C# 5.0.

What youll learn

• Learn the "why" behind C# features.
• Learn how to use C# features effectively, in the way they were designed.
• Apply the newest C# features to your coding problems.
• Streamline your database code using Linq.
• Use Async support to simplify your code.

Who this book is for

A Programmers Guide to C# is aimed at software developers who want to improve their proficiency at using the C# language. No prior knowledge of .NET is required, but the book does assume experience with a general-purpose programming language.

Table of ContentsChapter1:The .NET Runtime Environment



Chapter 2: C# Quick Start and C# Development



Chapter 3: Classes 101



Chapter 4: Base Classes and Inheritance



Chapter 5: Exceptions



Chapter 6: Member Accessibility and Overloading



Chapter 7: Other Class Details



Chapter 8: Structs (Value Types)



Chapter 9: Interfaces



Chapter 10: Versioning and Aliases



Chapter 11: Statements and Flow of Execution



Chapter 12: Variable Scoping and Definite Assignment



Chapter 13: Operators and Expressions



Chapter 14: Conversions



Chapter 15: Arrays



Chapter 16: Properties



Chapter 17: Generics



Chapter 18: Indexers, Enumerators...