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A Programmer's Introduction to C#
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.
- GenresProgramming
357 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2000
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January 21, 2008
Eric Gunnerson, A Programmer's Introduction to C#, 2/e (Apress, 2001)
The title of the book pretty much tells you all you need to know, though it might better have been termed "A Programmer Who Knows How to Read Microsoft Documentation's Introduction" etc. Gunnerson is (of course) more complete in his overview than the Microsoft documentation team usually are, but the book does assume more knowledge than even most intermediate programmers already have. Specifically, while one can assume, say knowledge of the basic way string classes work, the book treats some of the more esoteric new features of .NET with the same glossing, leading to some confusing passages.
This is definitely a worthwhile reference book, as an adjunct to your more in-depth reading, but isn't a good starting point. ***
The title of the book pretty much tells you all you need to know, though it might better have been termed "A Programmer Who Knows How to Read Microsoft Documentation's Introduction" etc. Gunnerson is (of course) more complete in his overview than the Microsoft documentation team usually are, but the book does assume more knowledge than even most intermediate programmers already have. Specifically, while one can assume, say knowledge of the basic way string classes work, the book treats some of the more esoteric new features of .NET with the same glossing, leading to some confusing passages.
This is definitely a worthwhile reference book, as an adjunct to your more in-depth reading, but isn't a good starting point. ***
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