A Programmer's Guide to C 5.0 [Paperback]

A Programmers Guide to C# 5.0 is a book for software developers who want to truly understand C#. Whether youve worked with C# before or with another general-purpose programming language, each fast-paced, focused chapter will take you straight to the heart of a feature of C# and show you why it works the way it does.

Written by one-time C# Test Lead, Program Manager, and member of the original C# language design team, this book is an ideal companion to the C# Language Specification, and works both as a tutorial and as a reference guide. Now in its fourth edition, you will find up-to-date coverage of all the latest C# features, including Linq, covariance and contravariance, and async support.

Youll learn how to:

• Use C# features effectively, in the way they were intended
• Apply the newest C# features to your coding problems
• Streamline your database code using LINQ
• Use async support and the task parallel library to improve performance.
• Program more efficiently, effectively, and with real insight into this mature and exciting language, with A Programmers Guide to C# 5.0.

Chapter 2: C# Quick Start and C# Development

Chapter 3: Classes 101

Chapter 4: Base Classes and Inheritance

Chapter 5: Exceptions

Chapter 6: Member Accessibility and Overloading

Chapter 7: Other Class Details

Chapter 8: Structs (Value Types)

Chapter 9: Interfaces

Chapter 10: Versioning and Aliases

Chapter 11: Statements and Flow of Execution

Chapter 12: Variable Scoping and Definite Assignment

Chapter 13: Operators and Expressions

Chapter 14: Conversions

Chapter 15: Arrays

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