C# Precisely

by Sestoft, Peter; Hansen, Henrik I.

• ISBN13: 9780262693172
• ISBN10: 0262693178
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-01
• Publisher: Mit Pr

Summary

C# is an object-oriented programming language that is similar to the Java programming language in many respects but more comprehensive and different in most details. This book gives a concise description of C#. It is intended as a guide for readers who know Java and want to learn C# and as a quick reference for anyone who wants to know C# in more detail than that provided by a standard textbook. The final chapter of C# Preciselysummarizes the differences between C# and Java. C# Preciselyis one of the first books on C# to cover version 2.0. It presents the entire C# 2.0 programming language, including generics, iterators, and anonymous methods. It excludes most of the extensive Microsoft.NET framework class libraries except threads, input/output, and generic collection classes. The book shows general rules on left-hand pages, with corresponding examples on right-hand pages. All examples are fragments of legal C# programs. The complete, ready-to-run example programs are available at the book's Web site.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Notational Conventions	p. x
Compiling, Loading and Executing C# Programs	p. 2
Names and Reserved Names	p. 4
C# Naming Conventions	p. 4
Comments and Program Layout	p. 4
Data and Types	p. 6
Variables, Parameters, Fields, and Scope	p. 14
Strings	p. 16
String Builders	p. 24
Arrays	p. 26
Classes	p. 32
The Machine Model: Stack, Heap, and Garbage Collection	p. 54
Expressions	p. 56
Statements	p. 84
Struct Types	p. 102
Interfaces	p. 106
Enum Types	p. 110
Delegate Types	p. 112
Nullable Types over Value Types (C# 2.0)	p. 114
Exceptions	p. 116
Threads, Concurrent Execution, and Synchronization	p. 118
Mathematical Functions	p. 124
Input and Output	p. 126
Generic Types and Methods (C# 2.0)	p. 144
Generic Collections: Lists and Dictionaries (C# 2.0)	p. 158
Namespaces	p. 172
Partial Type Declarations (C# 2.0)	p. 174
Assertions and the Debug.Assert Method	p. 176
Attributes	p. 178
Main Differences between C# and Java	p. 180
References	p. 182
Index	p. 183
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