Thinking in C

by Larry O'Brien, Bruce Eckel

-- Written in the proven style of Eckel's award winning Thinking In Java!-- Hundreds of self-contained example programs move the reader to test, extend, and apply lessons learned.

-- Shows what works/ how concepts like objects, patterns and coupling lead to programs that are short, simple to understand and exciting to build/run.

This book uses the award winning structure of TIJ while delivering entirely news programs that explore the hottest areas of Windows programming: Web Services, shell programs, system services, and multimedia. Thinking in C# gives the reader both the content and the context they need to become professionally competent at programming. NET programs of all types, including components, desktop applications, and Web Services. Hundreds of self-contained example programs make it possible for readers to immediately test, extend, and apply lessons learned, while gradually building skills that start from a foundation of facts to practical application and extend to the synthesis of new approaches in their real-world jobs. Thinking in C# provides a comprehensive guide to the new language preferred for programming Microsoft's new .NET Framework.

1000 pages, Paperback

First published November 22, 2003

About the author

Larry O’Brien is a Sr. Content Production Manager for Xamarin technologies at Microsoft. He sold his first program at age 16 and has been an influential voice in the software engineering community since 1989. He edited Computer Language, AI Expert, Software Development, and Game Developer magazines and wrote the "Codewatch" column for SD Times for 15 years. His programs have appeared in National Geographic Magazine, been collected in the permanent design collection of the New York Museum of Modern Art, and sometimes even compile properly.