A Programmer's guide to C# 5.0

A Programmer's Guide to C# 5.0 is a book for software developers who want to truly understand C#. Whether you've 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. You'll 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 Programmer's Guide to C# 5.0.  Read more... C# and the .NET Runtime and Libraries -- C# QuickStart and Developing in C# -- Classes 101 -- Base Classes and Inheritance -- Exception Handling -- Member Accessibility and Overloading -- Other Class Details -- Structs (Value Types) -- Interfaces -- Versioning and Aliases -- Statements and Flow of Execution -- Variable Scoping and Definite Assignment -- Operators and Expressions -- Conversions -- Arrays -- Properties -- Generic Types -- Indexers, Enumerators, and Iterators -- Strings -- Enumerations -- Attributes -- Delegates, Anonymous Methods, and Lambdas -- Events -- Dynamic Typing -- User-Defined Conversions -- Operator Overloading -- Nullable Types -- Linq to Objects -- Linq to XML -- Linq to SQL -- Other Language Details -- Making Friends with the .NET Framework -- System.Array and the Collection Classes -- Threading -- Asynchronous and Parallel Programming -- Execution-Time Code Generation -- Interop -- .NET Base Class Library Overview -- Deeper into C# -- Logging and Debugging Techniques -- IDEs and Utilities.