C# Class Design Handbook: Coding Effective Classes

Summary

C# is Microsoft’s new object-oriented language, specifically designed to take full advantage of the .NET type system. At the heart of .NET programming in C# is the task of building classes. All C# code participates in the .NET type system, because all code is contained in classes and other types that participate in the class hierarchy of the .NET Framework. This book is a guide to help you design these classes effectively, by looking at what control we have over our classes, and how C# turns our class definitions into executable code.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Defining Types
Chapter 2: Type Members
Chapter 3: Methods
Chapter 4: Properties and Operators
Chapter 5: Constructors and the Object Lifecycle
Chapter 6: Events and Delegates
Chapter 7: Inheritance and Polymorphism
Chapter 8: Code Organization and Metadata
Chapter 9: Support, Errata, and Code Download