- Paperback: 410 pages
- Publisher: Microsoft Press,U.S. (1 May 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0735614482
- ISBN-13: 978-0735614482
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 18.8 x 2.7 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,602,997 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Get a head start on developing in C# with this first printed look at the complete C# language specification. This MSDN guide includes the essential features and basic concepts of the C# language, plus in-depth analysis of the lexical structure of the language. It also provides details about types, variables, conversions, expressions, statements, namespaces, classes, structures, arrays and interfaces.
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C# is a modern, object-oriented language that enables programmers to quickly build a wide range of applications for the new Microsoft® .NET platform which provides tools and services that fully exploit both computing and communications. Because of its elegant design, combining the raw power of C++ with the simplicity of Microsoft Visual Basic®, C# is a great choice for architecting a wide range of components, from high-level business objects to system-level applications. Get a head start on developing in C# with this first printed look at the complete C# language specifications. This MSDN® title includes:
- Information about the essential features and basic concepts of the C# language, plus in-depth analysis of the lexical structure of the language
- Details about types, variables, conversions, expressions, statements, namespaces, classes, structures, arrays, interfaces, enumerators, delegates, exceptions and attributes
- Details on how C# simplifies coding by omitting pointers as a data type and lets you get closer to the hardware by declaring and operating on pointers in unsafe code
- A list of attributes used for creating programs that interoperate with COM programs, plus a list of other key references.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
An Official Reference and not a Tutorial
3 May 2001
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There are a lot of C# books now available but they are introductions into .NET using C# or an comparation with other languages or simply a language tutorial. For an experienced developer such books are very time-consuming: He or she wants to read quickly the details about the language syntax, semantic and structure in a well-structured form.
The new Microsoft book is now the answer to such developers: It is a well-structured book about all details of the language, simply to understand for any language-reference experienced reader. It contains a lot of small source examples and it is official - written by persons in or near the C# design team.
The structure is enhanced by many references; unfortunately, the references have only chapter numbers and no page numbers, which reduces the reference-reading speed. And I miss an index containing all keywords, syntax description names etc. So special things are a little difficult to find. Otherwise I would give 5 stars and not only 4.
The book is available with identical contents on the MSDN library April 2001 (including fast hyperlinks and full-text search), so this book is not a must for every .NET programmer but for all guys who like printed paper more than filled windows at screen.
17 of 20 people found the following review helpful
About average
8 May 2001
Format:Paperback
The content of this book ships with the MSDN library for Visual Studio.Net, at least most of it. The book drops out some of the holes in the MSDN library, which gives it a slight advantage.
As far as technical merit, this book rates above the rest of the C# books, with perhaps the exception of Gunnerson's book, which is sometimes a bit harder to read for understanding. Funny comment actually, since this is a spec doc and his book is supposed to teach.
The best book of the lot, as far as learning goes, is the Wrox book. Unfortunately, it is a bit inconsistent and goes from strong to weak depending on which chapter you read. It also spends a lot of time on the tools, which is not the reason you buy a book on a language.
If you are an experienced or intermediate developer, you can get a lot out of this book. If you are a beginner, I might hold off for something a bit easier to read through. You can get through this book, but I believe Inside C# or Wrox's book might be a better starting point.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
obsolete before read
15 Jun 2001
Format:Paperback
c# is not released yet and ms still introduces changes, i.e. a printed language reference is obsolete before even read. for all who are using c# (beta 1), the language reference documentation comes with the package - just look at "c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio.NET\Vc7\C# Language Reference.doc"
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