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CLR via C# [Kindle Edition]

Jeffrey Richter (Author)

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Product Description

Dig deep and master the intricacies of the common language runtime (CLR) and the .NET Framework 4.0. Written by a highly regarded programming expert and consultant to the Microsoft® .NET team, this guide is ideal for developers building any kind of application-including Microsoft® ASP.NET, Windows® Forms, Microsoft® SQL Server®, Web services, and console applications. You'll get hands-on instruction and extensive C# code samples to help you tackle the tough topics and develop high-performance applications.

About the Author

Jeffrey Richter is a cofounder of Wintellect (www.wintellect.com)-a training, debugging, and consulting firm dedicated to helping companies build better software faster. He is the author of the previous editions of this book, Windows via C/C++, and several other Windows-related programming books. Jeffrey has been consulting with the Microsoft .NET Framework team since October 1999.

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 4053 KB
Print Length: 897 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0735627045
Publisher: Microsoft Press; 3 edition (5 Feb 2010)
Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.� r.l.
Language English
ASIN: B004OR1XV0
Text-to-Speech: Enabled

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Essential .NET guide for any professional developer 6 April 2010

By Robert Hogg

Format:Paperback

Jeffery Richter has given me solid help ever since "Advanced Windows" hit the shelves. Most professional developers have several key references they use regularly and I certainly think that CLR via C# will become one of them.

There are two key camps in professional development: those who use the tools and those who understand the tools and the tooling concepts. CLR via C# succeeds in the latter by helping developers understand the code they write, the consequences that will occur and how to mitigate their current coding habits.

With topics wide ranging from how the execution of .NET applications is achieved through to AppDomains and assembly loading, anybody producing quality performant applications needs to read this book.

The book is split into five main areas: CLR Basics, Designing Types, Essential Types, CLR Facilities, and Threading.

Especially good is the section on threading, in my experience most developers do not understand threading sufficiently to produce solid reliable applications and Jeffery's book will help them avoid making key mistakes with threading.

As with any developer text, there are some personal preferences of the author which shine through, some of which you will agree with and some not, but all the advice is good.

CLR via C# is solid and well written as you could wish for from such an expert in their field.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

Ideal for advanced .NET developers 28 Dec 2010

By jrequejo

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There is not much to add to what other reviewers have already said. This is an excellent book for those with some experience wanting to know in-depth details about how the CLR works, using C# as a tool. Because of this, it's neither a book for programming newbies or those who just want their first introduction to .NET and C#.

The third edition has been updated to include .NET 4.0, specially on the chapters dealing with concurrency.

Get this book if you're already familiar with the .NET framework and C# and want to expand your knowledge on advanced topics, you won't be disappointed.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

takes you to the next level 8 Sep 2011

By Mozafar

Format:Paperback

I have been doing C# for five years and I thought I knew it all, and boy I was wrong. This is by far one of the most intense reading about C# (definitely for total beginners), it will take your knowledge of C# from a "user" level to someone who really knows what goes under the hood, for me personally, it opened new doors in terms of how I code.

.NET makes it far too easy to start developing applications without real in-depth knowledge, the entry barrier is much much lower than C++ (and dare I say Java), this comes with a drawback. The average programmer - like me - knows much less than the average programmer in those other languages. This book helps you take a step to separate yourself from the average knowledge. It goes into deep details of what goes in the CLR, the IL produced when you write code, performance issues, new constructs in C#4 etc... The result is a huge mindset shift, you don't simply write code that works but you actually think about how is it compiled and JITed, and you start thinking of using tools like the disassembler for the first time! Highly recommended.

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One of the most essential C# .NET books you can buy

I sadly made the assumption that Jeffrey Richter (JR) would be writing about the CLR in such low level, that this book would be more use to a device driver programmer, than a... Read more

Published 27 days ago by Dominicz

If you think you know C#

As a C# developer who has kept up to date with the language, I was merely hoping for this book to fill in a few gaps, to broaden my knowledge in some areas. Read more

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Well written

Well written with good flow. A must have if you are a C# dev.
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Published 7 months ago by Matt, london

The best technical book I've ever read

Really, it's that good. Take the time to read it and you're C# will be beyond guru level. I've coded c# since the beta days in 2001 and I can't believe how much I didn't know.

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Very informative with strong opinions

Based on the factual information present in this book, it is the most informative on the inner operations of the CLR that I have presently read, however Mr. Read more

Published 16 months ago by trwolfe

It is even better than Effective Java.

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The very best

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