C# Precisely

Description:

C# is an object-oriented programming language that is similar to the Java programming language in many respects but more comprehensive and different in most details. This book gives a concise description of C#. It is intended as a guide for readers who know Java and want to learn C# and as a quick reference for anyone who wants to know C# in more detail than that provided by a standard textbook. The final chapter of C# Precisely summarizes the differences between C# and Java.

C# Precisely is one of the first books on C# to cover version 2.0. It presents the entire C# 2.0 programming language, including generics, iterators, and anonymous methods. It excludes most of the extensive Microsoft.NET framework class libraries except threads, input/output, and generic collection classes. The book shows general rules on left-hand pages, with corresponding examples on right-hand pages. All examples are fragments of legal C# programs. The complete, ready-to-run example programs are available at the book's Web site, www.dina.kvl.dk/~sestoft/csharpprecisely/.

Peter Sestoft is Professor of Information Technology at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University and at the IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Henrik I. Hansen holds master's degrees in Chemistry as well as Information Technology.

 

Table of Contents:

Preface	ix
	Notational Conventions	x
1	Compiling, Loading and Executing C# Programs	2
2	Names and Reserved Names	4
3	C# Naming Conventions	4
4	Comments and Program Layout	4
5	Data and Types	6
6	Variables, Parameters, Fields, and Scope	14
7	Strings	16
8	String Builders	24
9	Arrays	26
10	Classes	32
11	The Machine Model: Stack, Heap, and Garbage Collection	54
12	Expressions	56
13	Statements	84
14	Struct Types	102
15	Interfaces	106
16	Enum Types	110
17	Delegate Types	112
18	Nullable Types over Value Types (C# 2.0)	114
19	Exceptions	116
20	Threads, Concurrent Execution, and Synchronization	118
21	Mathematical Functions	124
22	Input and Output	126
23	Generic Types and Methods (C# 2.0)	144
24	Generic Collections: Lists and Dictionaries (C# 2.0)	158
25	Namespaces	172
26	Partial Type Declarations (C# 2.0)	174
27	Assertions and the Debug.Assert Method	176
28	Attributes	178
29	Main Differences between C# and Java	180
30	References	182
	Index	183