C# in Depth, 3rd Edition

Summary

C# in Depth, Third Edition updates the best-selling second edition to cover the new features of C# 5, including the challenges of writing maintainable asynchronous code. It preserves the uniquely insightful look into the tricky areas and dusty corners of C# that only expert Jon Skeet can provide.

About this Book

If you're a .NET developer, you'll use C# whether you're building an advanced enterprise application or just slamming out a quick app. In C# 5, you can do amazing things with generics, lambda expressions, dynamic typing, LINQ, iterator blocks, and other features. But first you have to learn it in depth.

C# in Depth, Third Edition has been thoroughly revised to cover the new features of C# 5, including the subtleties of writing maintainable asynchronous code. You'll see the power of C# in action, learning how to work with high-value features that you'll be glad to have in your toolkit. And you'll learn to avoid hidden pitfalls of C# programming with the help of crystal clear explanations of "behind the scenes" issues.

This book assumes you've digested your first C# book and are hungry for more!

Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

What's Inside

• Updated for C# 5
• The new async/await feature
• How C# works and why

About the Author

Jon Skeet is a Senior Software Engineer at Google, and a highly visible participant of newsgroups, user groups, international conferences, and the Stack Overflow Q&A site. Jon spends much of his day coding in Java, but his heart belongs to C#.

Table of Contents

PART 1 PREPARING FOR THE JOURNEY

1. The changing face of C# development
2. Core foundations: building on C# 1

PART 2 C# 2: SOLVING THE ISSUES OF C# 1

3. Parameterized typing with generics
4. Saying nothing with nullable types
5. Fast-tracked delegates
6. Implementing iterators the easy way
7. Concluding C# 2: the final features

PART 3 C# 3: REVOLUTIONIZING DATA ACCESS

8. Cutting fluff with a smart compiler
9. Lambda expressions and expression trees
10. Extension methods
11. Query expressions and LINQ to Objects
12. LINQ beyond collections

PART 4 C# 4: PLAYING NICELY WITH OTHERS

13. Minor changes to simplify code
14. Dynamic binding in a static language

PART 5 C# 5: ASYNCHRONY MADE SIMPLE

15. Asynchrony with async/await
16. C# 5 bonus features and closing thoughts

Jon Skeet is a Senior Software Engineer at Google, working in London. He has been involved in the C# community since 2002, initially in newsgroups, then through his blog, user groups, international conferences and the Stack Overflow Q&A site. Jon enjoys putting the language through its paces, finding new and interesting ways to use and abuse it.