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Overview

When you're programming C# 4.0 and need a little help, this tightly focused and practical book tells you exactly what you need to know — without long introductions or bloated examples. It's ideal as a succinct quick reference or as a guide to get you rapidly up to speed if you already know Java, C++, or an earlier version of C#.

Written by the authors of the acclaimed C# 4.0 in a Nutshell (O’Reilly), this book covers the entire C# 4.0 language — without skimping on the details — including:

Features new to C# 4.0, such as dynamic binding, optional and named parameters, and type parameter variance
All of C#'s fundamentals
Advanced topics, including operator overloading, custom conversions, type constraints, covariance and contravariance, lambda expressions and closures, iterators, nullable types, and operator lifting
LINQ, starting with sequences, lazy execution, and standard query operators; finishing with a complete reference to query expressions
Unsafe code and pointers, custom attributes, preprocessor directives, and XML documentation

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781449394011
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/19/2010
Edition description: Third Edition
Edition number: 3
Pages: 204
Sales rank: 422,062
Product dimensions: 4.20 (w) x 6.90 (h) x 0.30 (d)

Meet the Author

Joe Albahari is the developer of LINQPad (http://www.linqpad.net/) and other C# tools, and he writes about C# at www.albahari.com/nutshell/. He is the former core C# design architect at Egton Services and coauthor of the fourth edition of C# in a Nutshell. He has been developing large-scale enterprise applications for more than 17 years.

Ben Albahari is a former Program Manager at Microsoft, where he worked on several projects, including the .NET Compact Framework and ADO.NET. He was the cofounder of Genamics, a provider of tools for C# and J++ programmers, as well as software for DNA and protein sequence analysis. He is a coauthor of C# Essentials, the first C# book from O'Reilly, and of previous editions of C# in a Nutshell. He is the founder of TakeOnIt, a website for comparing opinions of experts, leaders and organizations

Chapter 1: C# 4.0 Pocket Reference; 1.1 Using Code Examples; 1.2 How to Contact Us; 1.3 Safari® Books Online; 1.4 A First C# Program; 1.5 Syntax; 1.6 Type Basics; 1.7 Numeric Types; 1.8 Boolean Type and Operators; 1.9 Strings and Characters; 1.10 Arrays; 1.11 Variables and Parameters; 1.12 Expressions and Operators; 1.13 Statements; 1.14 Namespaces; 1.15 Classes; 1.16 Inheritance; 1.17 The object Type; 1.18 Structs; 1.19 Access Modifiers; 1.20 Interfaces; 1.21 Enums; 1.22 Nested Types; 1.23 Generics; 1.24 Delegates; 1.25 Events; 1.26 Lambda Expressions; 1.27 Anonymous Methods; 1.28 try Statements and Exceptions; 1.29 Enumeration and Iterators; 1.30 Nullable Types; 1.31 Operator Overloading; 1.32 Extension Methods; 1.33 Anonymous Types; 1.34 LINQ; 1.35 Dynamic Binding (C# 4.0); 1.36 Attributes; 1.37 Unsafe Code and Pointers; 1.38 Preprocessor Directives; 1.39 XML Documentation;

Joseph Albahari is author of C# 3.0 in a Nutshell, LINQ Pocket Reference, and C# 3.0 Pocket Reference. He has been developing large-scale enterprise applications on .NET and other platforms for more than 15 years, and is author of LINQPad - the popular utility for querying databases in LINQ.

Joseph is currently a freelance consultant.

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Ben Albahari is the founder of Take On It. He was a Program Manager at Microsoft for 5 years, where he worked on several projects, including the .NET Compact Framework and ADO.NET.

He was the cofounder of Genamics, a provider of tools for C# and J++ programmers, as well as software for DNA and protein sequence analysis. He is a co-author of C# Essentials, the first C# book from O'Reilly, and of previous editions of C# in a Nutshell.

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Anonymous

Posted December 6, 2011

Nice and compact

Compact and concise.
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sattar

Posted February 8, 2011

Great overall reference, essential for experienced programmers

This is a great reference for experienced programmers. It's compact and lightweight and easy to keep with you. The book is structured mainly as a reference and guide. I would not recommend this for novice programmers. It assumes a certain amount of familiarity with coding constructs and the way a programming language operates. It starts off with the real basics like keywords and operators and moves its way to more complex subjects like generics and delegates. I found it a very good starting point when I have an error and I need to make sure that I understand the underlying concepts involved before I start searching the internet for a solution. It's even helped make sense of some solutions I've found online. I would have liked to see a section on what's new in 4.0, so I could concentrate on those items. On the flip side, it is a comprehensive reference so you're not missing anything from the previous versions. Overall, I would definitely recommend this book. It's concise, but still takes the time to provide great examples to illustrate the concepts. As a programmer who's making the switch from VB to C#, it's been invaluable.
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Ayp

Posted February 7, 2011

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Great Reference Book

I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to keep a handy reference for C# 4.0 language features.

How many times have you got a silly compiler error for a very simple language construct and you need to spend
10 to 15 minutes looking for it in the internet and finally find that you have specified the language construct
wrongly ? It is time like this when the reference book like this comes in handy. You go to the index, look for
the language construct and get the precise usage.

Note that this book though it says 4.0 version, it provides all of the C# language reference and not only the
4.0 new features. Thus this is a great book to learn C# and it is so small sized it literally fits in your pant pocket.
You can easily carry it around.

The samples are very precise, brief and up to the point.

Every developer should have one of this book for faster, efficient reference.
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