C# in Depth

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

1. Parameterized typing with generics

1. Saying nothing with nullable types
2. Fast-tracked delegates
3. Implementing iterators the easy way

1. Concluding C# 2： the final features

PART 3 C# 3： REVOLUTIONIZING DATA ACCESS

1. Cutting fluff with a smart compiler

1. Lambda expressions and expression trees

1. Extension methods
2. Query expressions and LINQ to Objects

1. LINQ beyond collections

PART 4 C# 4： PLAYING NICELY WITH OTHERS

1. Minor changes to simplify code

1. Dynamic binding in a static language

PART 5 C# 5： ASYNCHRONY MADE SIMPLE

1. Asynchrony with async/await
2. C# 5 bonus features and closing thoughts