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C# Primer: A Practical Approach (DevelopMentor)
 
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C# Primer: A Practical Approach (DevelopMentor) (Paperback)

by Stanley B. Lippman (Author)
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  • Paperback: 416 pages
  • Publisher: Addison Wesley (19 Dec 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0201729555
  • ISBN-13: 978-0201729559
  • Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 18.7 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 989,051 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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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#.



From the Back Cover

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™ and C++, C# is destined to become the high-level programming language of choice for building high-performance Windows® 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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4.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Place to Start with C#, 16 May 2003
I'd recommend this book to anyone moving from another language to C#. The text is arranged into 8 chapters: chapters 1-4 focus on the C# language; chapters 4-8 introduce a selection of class libraries from the .NET Framework. The first four chapters are excellent, covering class design, OOP and interface inheritance. The author provides good explanations of topics such as the use of implicit/explicit conversion operators, parameter semantics, and reasons (both good and bad) for sealing classes. The last four chapters are less impressive, particularly the chapters on Windows Forms and Web Forms, in that they only provide cursory coverage. In fairness it would require a separate book for these two topics to really do them justice, and this goes well beyond the scope of a primer. One other minor disappointment is that the author's email address and website are no longer valid (I believe Mr Lippman now works for Microsoft), although the source code and errata are available from the publisher's web site.

To summarise, this book provides a solid introduction to C# for programmers that are already familiar with another programming language. It won't be the last C# book that I buy, but I'm glad it was the first one.

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