C # in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference

by Peter Drayton, Ben Albahari, Ted Neward

C# in a Nutshell provides C# programmers with a concise and thorough reference to the language in one straightforward and accessible volume. Designed as a handbook for daily use, this book is an essential guide to the C# language and the base class APIs of the .NET Framework. Programmers will want to keep this book next to their keyboards for years to come.The heart of the book is a succinct but detailed reference to the C# language and the .NET types most essential to C# programmers. Each chapter in the API reference begins with an overview of a .NET namespace and a diagram of its types, including a quick-reference entry for each type, with name, assembly, category, description, member availability, class hierarchy, and other relevant information, such as whether the type is part o the ECMA CLI specification. Newly updated for .NET Framework version 1.1, the second edition also adds a CD that allows you to integrate the book's API Quick Reference directly into the help files of Visual Studio .NET 2002 & 2003, giving you direct access to this valuable information via your computer.In addition to the API reference section, this book Every once in a while, a book becomes the de-facto standard for a technology, operating system, or programming language--which is exactly what C# in a Nutshell has done in a single straightforward and easy to use volume. There is no more complete, up-to-date reference to the C# Language available.

Genres: Programming, Software, Reference, Computers

928 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2002

Reviews

[Muhammad Akbar Yasin]

Ya, tipikal buku referensi lah. Mungkin cocok bagi programmer yang pernah terpapar dengan bahasa program lain yang ingin belajar C#. Buku ini sangat in-depth sih dan cakupannya menyeluruh. Tapi kalau baru mau belajar bahasa program C# mungkin buku ini kurang tepat.

[FleshyShowoff · Rating 2 out of 5]

As a quick description of programming C# for someone who can already program I found it good (and what I was looking for). I quickly found the fawning attitude the author(s) expressed for C#, and Microsoft in general, quite irritating though.