C# Essentials

by Albahari, Ben

• ISBN13: 9780596003159
• ISBN10: 0596003153
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

C# (pronounced "C Sharp") is a new object-oriented language that Microsoft designed with both web services and applications in mind. C# is designed to combine the rapid development benefits of Visual Basic with the power and control that have been a hallmark of C and C++. Portions of C# that are not Microsoft specific have been submitted to ECMA for standardization. C# Essentials, offers your most technically savvy customers a concise summary of the Microsoft C# programming language and the Microsoft .NET base classes that support it. Fully updated for the first official release of the language and .NET Framework, the contents complement and serve as a roadmap to the Microsoft on-line documentation.

Author Biography

1. Ben Albahari

   Ben Albahari is cofounder of Genamics, a provider of tools for C# and J++ programmers, as well as software for DNA and protein sequence analysis. He is author of A Comparative Overview of C#, a frequently cited comparison of C# with C/C++ and Java that was recently named by DevX as one of the top 10 .NET sites. Ben is a resident of Perth, Australia, and in his spare time enjoys composing music on his computer. He can be reached at [e-mail].

2. Peter Drayton

   Peter Drayton is an independent consultant, helping early-stage companies define and build systems that take advantage of technologies such as .NET, SOAP, XML, and COM+. Peter is also an instructor for DevelopMentor, where he teaches Essential C#.NET. Originally from Cape Town, South Africa, Peter now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, Julie. He spends his spare time researching .NET and tinkering with a small flotilla of computers cluttering up their a partment. He can be reached at [e-mail].

3. Brad Merrill

   Brad Merrill works as a software engineer in the .NET Framework Integration team at Microsoft. He previously worked as a software engineer at Digital Equipment Corporation and Sybase. His areas of expertise are in distributed systems, transaction processing, operating systems, and compiler technology. Brad lives in Redmond, Washington, and is an avid tournament chess player and bridge player. He can be reached at [e-mail] or http://www.cybercom.net/~zbrad.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction	1	(5)
C# Language	1	(2)
Common Language Runtime	3	(1)
Framework Class Library	4	(1)
A First C# Program	4	(2)
C# Language Reference	6	(78)
Identifiers	6	(1)
Types	6	(11)
Variables	17	(1)
Expressions and Operators	18	(3)
Statements	21	(8)
Organizing Types	29	(2)
Inheritance	31	(5)
Access Modifiers	36	(1)
Classes and Structs	37	(18)
Interfaces	55	(3)
Arrays	58	(2)
Enums	60	(1)
Delegates	61	(3)
Events	64	(3)
try Statements and Exceptions	67	(4)
Attributes	71	(2)
Unsafe Code and Pointers	73	(4)
Preprocessor Directives	77	(1)
XML Documentation	78	(6)
Programming the NET Framework	84	(63)
Common Types	84	(6)
Math	90	(2)
Strings	92	(3)
Collections	95	(6)
Regular Expressions	101	(2)
Input/Output	103	(4)
Networking	107	(4)
Threading	111	(4)
Assemblies	115	(4)
Reflection	119	(7)
Custom Attributes	126	(7)
Automatic Memory Management	133	(4)
Interop with Native DLLs	137	(6)
Interop with COM	143	(4)
Framework Class Library Overview	147	(11)
Core Types	147	(1)
Text	148	(1)
Collections	148	(1)
Streams and I/O	148	(1)
Networking	149	(1)
Threading	149	(1)
Security	149	(1)
Reflection and Metadata	150	(1)
Assemblies	150	(1)
Serialization	150	(1)
Remoting	151	(1)
Web Services	151	(1)
Data Access	152	(1)
XML	152	(1)
Graphics	152	(1)
Rich Client Applications	153	(1)
Web-Based Applications	153	(1)
Globalization	154	(1)
Configuration	154	(1)
Advanced Component Services	154	(1)
Diagnostics and Debugging	155	(1)
Interoperating with Unmanaged Code	155	(1)
Compiler and Tool Support	155	(1)
Runtime Facilities	156	(1)
Native OS Facilities	156	(1)
Undocumented Types	156	(2)
Essential .NET Tools	158	(31)
C# Keywords	163	(6)
Regular Expressions	169	(4)
Format Specifiers	173	(6)
Data Marshaling	179	(2)
Working with Assemblies	181	(3)
Namespaces and Assemblies	184	(5)
Index	189