C# Primer: A Practical Approach (Paperback)

C# Primer: A Practical Approach Book Description

Using his famous primer format, best-selling author Stan Lippman now brings you an indispensable guide to C#. "C# PRIMER" is a comprehensive, example-driven introduction to this new object-oriented programming language.

C# is a cornerstone of Microsoft's new .NET platform. Inheriting many features from both Java(TM) and C++, C# is destined to become the high-level programming language of choice for building high-performance Windows(R) and Web applications and components--from XML-based Web services to middle-tier business objects and system-level applications.HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: Coverage of fundamentals, such as namespaces, exception handling, and the unified type system Detailed explanations and examples of both class and interface inheritance, including a discussion of when each is appropriate A wide-ranging tour of the .NET class library, including an introduction to ADO.NET, establishing database connections, regular expressions, threading, sockets programming, XML programming using the firehose and DOM parser models, XSLT, and XPATH Detailed discussion of ASP.NET Web Form Designer, walking through the page life cycle and caching, and providing a large number of examples Introduction to .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR)

Adding C# to your toolbox will not only improve your Web-based programming ability, it will increase your productivity. "C# PRIMER" provides a solid foundation to build upon and a refreshingly unbiased voice on Microsoft's vehicle to effective and efficient Web-based programming.
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Writing effective C# code: an example-rich primer from one of the world's leading C++ authors

-- Step-by-step coverage presented in the context of real code examples

-- New C# techniques for building Web services and COM+ components.

-- Practical coverage of advanced features: interfaces, delegates, events, attributes, reflection, exception handling, namespaces, assemblies, and more.

Developers have long sought a language that combined the simplicity of Visual Basic with the power and flexibility of C++. For them, Microsoft has created C# -- systematically incorporating features intended to simplify the development of next-generation components and services. Now, one of the world's leading C++ experts and authors presents a start-to-finish, practical introduction developers need to leverage their existing skills with Microsoft's breakthrough new language. Stanley B. Lippman -- who was on the ground floor of the worldwide C++ revolution -- focuses on C# as a tool for building sophisticated COM+ components and Web services. Using extensive program examples, Lippman walks step-by-step through the fundamentals of C# syntax, classes, and object-oriented programming; inheritance, interfaces, delegates, events, attributes, reflection, exception handling, namespaces, assemblies, and more. The book concludes with a detailed chapter on interoperability between C# and legacy code. Appendices include a concise C# handbook and a quick tour of the new Visual Studio.NET development environment. For all intermediate programmers and developers who want to leverage their C, C++, or Java skills with Microsoft's new C#.

About the Author :

Stanley B Lippman has contributed to C# Primer: A Practical Approach as an author. Stanley B. Lippman is Architect with the Visual C++ development team at Microsoft. Previously, he served as a Distinguished Consultant at the Jet Propulsion Laboratories (JPL). Stan spent more than twelve years at Bell Laboratories, where he worked with Bjarne Stroustrup on the original C++ implementation and the Foundation research project. After Bell Laboratories, Stan worked at Disney Feature Animation, originally as principal software engineer, then as software technical director on "Fantasia 2000,"

Josee Lajoie is a staff development analyst in the IBM Canada Laboratory C/C++ Compiler

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