When you're programming C# 4.0 and need a little help, this tightly focused and practical book tells you exactly what you need to know -- without long introductions or bloated examples. It's ideal as a succinct quick reference or as a guide to get you rapidly up to speed if you already know Java, C++, or an earlier version of C#.
Written by the authors of the acclaimed C# 4.0 in a Nutshell (Oâ??Reilly), this book covers the entire C# 4.0 language -- without skimping on the details -- including:
- Features new to C# 4.0, such as dynamic binding, optional and named parameters, and type parameter variance
- All of C#'s fundamentals
- Advanced topics, including operator overloading, custom conversions, type constraints, covariance and contravariance, lambda expressions and closures, iterators, nullable types, and operator lifting
- LINQ, starting with sequences, lazy execution, and standard query operators; finishing with a complete reference to query expressions
- Unsafe code and pointers, custom attributes, preprocessor directives, and XML documentation
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.
Joseph's Home PageBen 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.