C# 3.0 in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference, 3/e

Description

Get a jump on C# 3.0 with this all-new edition of O'Reilly's classic C# 3.0 in a Nutshell. Completely rewritten to encompass changes to the C# language planned for the "Orcas" release of Visual Studio, this is the one reference experienced programmers will want to have at hand as they put its new features to work.

Like previous editions, C# 3.0 in a Nutshell is concise and to the point, covering the essentials of language syntax and usage as well as the parts of the .NET base class libraries that programmers need to master to build working applications. Unlike previous editions, the detailed .NET class library reference has been replaced with more scenarios and morer usage examples for the many language and CLR features covered. Many chapters, such as those devoted to collections, I/O and streams and threading, have been completely rewritten, and new C# 3.0 topics have been added, including:

• Lambda expressions
• Query comprehensions
• Extension methods
• Object initializers
• Anonymous types
• Implicitly typed local variables
• Implicitly typed arrays
• Expression trees

If you're the kind of programmer who can't wait for "Orcas" to begin testing the new capabilities of C#, buy this book and let authors Joe Albahari and Ben Albahari show you have to get productive, fast.