This book provides complete, up-to-date coverage of all the programming constructs in C#. Masterfully organized, it allows beginning programmers to get on board and leads more experienced programmers into the world of structured programming. Because of its unwavering focus on the essential programming constructs of C#such as generics, delegates, and much morethis book is indispensable. For programmers who want to solve their day-to-day programming issues using the latest features this modern programming language has to offer, this book is indispensable.

This books is a clear, concise guide to C#including the features new to C# 2.0. The book clearly presents material for beginners and experts and provides contrasts and comparisons between C# and other languages. The C# language is covered comprehensively and each important construct is illustrated with succinct code examples. Complete code examples are available online. Mark Michaelis has organized the material for quick access. Graphical "mind maps" at the beginning of each chapter show what material is covered and how each topic relates to the whole.

C# 2.0 has a multitude of new features that make the language even more powerful, productive, and efficient. These new features are thoroughly covered in this book. A separate appendix on C# 2.0 topics helps readers quickly find new features of the language.

Whether you're just starting out as a programmer, are an experienced developer looking to learn C#, or are a seasoned C# programmer interested in learning the new features of C# 2.0, Essential C# 2.0 gives you just what you need to quickly get up and running writing C# applications.

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As one of the hottest programming languages in use today, C# enables you to build a wide range of secure and robust enterprise applications that run on the .NET Framework, including XML Web services, client-server applications, database applications, and more. Now with the release of C# 2005, you'll find a complex array of new language options and parameters to create even more powerful applications if you know how to utilize them. This book will show you how.

Combining a comprehensive tutorial and reference, this book breaks down the latest features while exploring the language from the ground up. The first section provides you with a detailed understanding of basic programming concepts and helps you gain the skills to write your own applications. The second section presents detailed information on specific features of the language so you can immediately take advantage of all the tools available.

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Regular Expressions are an essential part of programming, but they can be hard to come to grips with. Regular Expression Recipes for Windows Developers contains over 100 of the most popular regular expressions, along with explanations of how to use each one. Languages covered include JavaScript, VB, VB.NET, and C#.
The author provides concise syntax references as needed, and enables the reader to learn more about regular expressions by example. Web and applications developers will find the examples in this book accurate and relevant. This book will be an ideal solutions guide for a developer or systems administrator to keep in a handy place for quick reference.

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You dont need coddling; you dont need to be told what you already know. What you need is a book that uses your experience as a Java or C++ programmer to give you a leg up into the challenges and rewards of C#. And this Practical Guide is precisely what youre after.
Written by a team that boasts extensive experience teaching C# to professionals, this book provides a practical, efficient explanation of the language itself, covering basic to advanced features and calling out all thats new in 2.0. Its instruction is always firmly situated within the context of the .NET framework and bolstered by code examples, key lessons in object-oriented programming, and installments of a realistic application programming tutorial. Concise and incisive, this is the best way to master the worlds fastest-growing and most marketable programming language. (more…)

This book describes the programming language C# (pronounced c sharp), version 2.0. It is a quick reference for the reader who has already learnt or is learning C# from a standard textbook and who wants to know the language in more detail. It should be particularly useful for readers who know the Java programming language and who want to learn C#. C# is a class-based single-inheritance object-oriented programming language designed for the Common Language Runtime of Microsofts .Net platform, a managed execution environment with a typesafe intermediate language and automatic memory management. Thus C# is similar to the Java programming language in many respects, but it is different in almost all details. In general, C# favors programmer convenience over language simplicity. It was designed by Anders Hejlsberg, Scott Wiltamuth and Peter Golde from Microsoft Corporation.
C# includes many useful features not found in Java: struct types, operator overloading, reference parameters, rectangular multi-dimensional arrays, user-definable conversions, properties and indexers (stylized methods) and delegates (methods as values), but omits Javas inner classes. See section 29 for a summary of the main differences.
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This book is designed to help experienced programmers into the C# language. It covers all the relevant concepts of C# from a finance viewpoint. In the preparation of this book a small standalone futures and options trading application was written to cover all of the sections of C# that are relevant to finance and the code from the application is used throughout the book to illustrate the topics covered.

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Welcome to a series of tutorials that will explore techniques for implementing these common data access patterns in ASP.NET 2.0.

These tutorials are geared to be concise and provide step-by-step instructions with plenty of screen shots to walk you through the process visually.

 Each tutorial is available in C#

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A fast-paced and practical developer's road map to working with Windows WF, from compilation to the base activity library to runtime services. Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) is a technology for defining, executing, and managing workflows. It is part of the .NET Framework 3.0 and will be available natively in the Windows Vista operating system. Windows Workflow Foundation might be the most significant piece of middleware to arrive on the Windows platform since COM+ and the Distributed Transaction Coordinator.

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Language Integrated Query (LINQ) is Microsoft's new technology for powerful, general purpose data access.

This technology provides a fully-integrated query language, available in both C# 3.0 and VB 9.0, for high-level data access against objects, relational databases, and XML documents.

In this Short Cut you'll learn about LINQ and the proposed C# 3.0 extensions that support it.

You'll also see how you can use LINQ and C# to accomplish a variety of tasks,

from querying objects to accessing relational data and XML.

Best of all, you'll be able to test the examples and run your own code using the latest LINQ CTP, available free from Microsoft.

This Short Cut includes a complete reference to the standard LINQ query operators.

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Essential C# 2.0 is a clear, concise guide to C#—including the features new to C# 2.0. The book clearly presents material for beginners and experts and provides contrasts and comparisons between C# and other languages. The C# language is covered comprehensively and each important construct is illustrated with succinct code examples. Complete code examples are available online. Mark Michaelis has organized the material for quick access. Graphical “mind maps” at the beginning of each chapter show what material is covered and how each topic relates to the whole.

Following the C# introduction, readers will learn about
C# primitive data types, value types, reference types, type conversions, and arrays
Operators and control flow, loops, conditional logic, and sequential programming

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