Illustrated C# 2010

Description

This book presents the C# language in a uniquely succinct and visual format. Often in programming books, the information can be hidden in a vast sea of words. As a programmer who has over the years used a dozen programming languages, the author understands it can sometimes be difficult to slog through another 1,000-page book of dense text to learn a new language. There are likely many other programmers who feel the same way. To address this situation, this book explains C# using figures; short, focused code samples; and clear, concise explanations. Figures are of prime importance in this book. While teaching programming seminars, Daniel Solis found that he could almost watch the lightbulbs going on over the students' heads as he drew the figures on the whiteboard. In this text, he has distilled each important concept into simple but accurate illustrations. The visual presentation of the content will give you an understanding of C# that's not possible with text alone. For something as intricate and precise as a programming language, however, there must be text as well as figures. But rather than long, wordy explanations, Solis has used short, concise descriptions and bulleted lists to make each important piece of information visually distinct. By the end of this book, you'll have a thorough working knowledge of all aspects of the C# language, whether you're a novice programmer or a seasoned veteran of other languages. If you want a long, leisurely, verbose explanation of the language, this is not the book for you. But if you want a concise, thorough, visual presentation of C#, this is just what you're looking for. Front Matter....Pages i-xxvii C# and the .NET Framework....Pages 1-13 Overview of C# Programming....Pages 15-29 Types, Storage, and Variables....Pages 31-48 Classes: The Basics....Pages 49-66 Methods....Pages 67-107 More About Classes....Pages 109-160 Classes and Inheritance....Pages 161-200 Expressions and Operators....Pages 201-238 Statements....Pages 239-267 Namespaces and Assemblies....Pages 269-296 Exceptions....Pages 297-315 Structs....Pages 317-325 Enumerations....Pages 327-340 Arrays....Pages 341-368 Delegates....Pages 369-390 Events....Pages 391-408 Interfaces....Pages 409-433 Conversions....Pages 435-464 Generics....Pages 465-503 Enumerators and Iterators....Pages 505-536 Introduction to LINQ....Pages 537-594 Introduction to Asynchronous Programming....Pages 595-626 Preprocessor Directives....Pages 627-638 Reflection and Attributes....Pages 639-662 Other Topics....Pages 663-692 Back Matter....Pages 693-712