C# is the key language for Microsoft’s next generation of Windows
services, the .NET platform. This new programming language is fast and
modern and was designed to increase programmer productivity. C# enables
programmers to quickly build a wide range of applications for the new
Microsoft .NET platform. The .Net platform enables developers to build
C# components to become Web services available across the Internet.
Using C# language constructs, these components can be converted into
Web services, allowing them to be invoked across the Internet.
Gunnerson’s book is designed as a comprehensive reference for
professional programmers to help get them up to speed on C#. The author
is a lead developer on Microsoft’s C# development team, and has logged
many developer hours writing and testing C# code. As such, he is
uniquely poised to teach developers the effective use of this new
language. A Microsoft insider, Gunnerson is also able to explain to
readers how C# fits into Microsoft’s new .NET framework. A final
section of the book provides a history of C#, and a language comparison
to other widely used programming languages. Gunnerson’s book provides a
foundation upon which programmers can begin to develop in C#. Among the
core topics covered are the COM+ environment, statements and flow of
execution, classes, structs, interfaces, expressions, arrays, enums,
delegates and events, exception handling, interoperability, and
selected advanced topics.

Comparing and contrasting many of the
advantages and drawbacks of Java and C#, this guide allows programmers
to make informed, intelligent decisions based on the unique uses of
each language.

Book Info
Not an introductory guide to C#,
rather it builds on what Java programmers already know about
object-oriented languages to give them an efficient means to master the
.NET framework. Compares and contrasts many of the advantages and
drawbacks of Java and C#. Softcover.