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C# 4.0 How-To
By: Ben Watson
Publisher: Sams
Pub. Date: March 01, 2010
Print ISBN-10: 0-672-33063-6
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-672-33063-6
Web ISBN-10: 0-672-33198-5
Web ISBN-13: 978-0-672-33198-5
Pages in Print Edition: 672
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Overview
Real Solutions for C# 4.0 Programmers
Need fast, robust, efficient code solutions for Microsoft C# 4.0? This book delivers exactly what you’re looking for. You’ll find more than 200 solutions, best-practice techniques, and tested code samples for everything from classes to exceptions, networking to XML, LINQ to Silverlight. Completely up-to-date, this book fully reflects major language enhancements introduced with the new C# 4.0 and .NET 4.0. When time is of the essence, turn here first: Get answers you can trust and code you can use, right now!
Beginning with the language essentials and moving on to solving common problems using the .NET Framework, C# 4.0 How-To addresses a wide range of general programming problems and algorithms. Along the way is clear, concise coverage of a broad spectrum of C# techniques that will help developers of all levels become more proficient with C# and the most popular .NET tools.
Fast, Reliable, and Easy to Use!
Write more elegant, efficient, and reusable code
Take advantage of real-world tips and best-practices advice
Create more effective classes, interfaces, and types
Master powerful data handling techniques using collections, serialization, databases, and XML
Implement more effective user interfaces with both WPF and WinForms
Construct Web-based and media-rich applications with ASP.NET and Silverlight
Make the most of delegates, events, and anonymous methods
Leverage advanced C# features ranging from reflection to asynchronous programming
Harness the power of regular expressions
Interact effectively with Windows and underlying hardware
Master the best reusable patterns for designing complex programs
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"source code" - by mark on 31-OCT-2012
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The book is good overall, although the depth of coverage of each topic is fairly shallow, still it is a good quick reference for miscellaneous topics such as creating a timer, using tasks, MVC etc..
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"Great walk around .Net 4" - by BlueChris on 21-JUN-2010
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I really enjoyed discovering .Net 4 with this book and the examples are do a good job of demonstrating each feature. There are many short ones plus a few quite long ones. Also, as it just focuses on working examples, it goes quickly from fairly basic stuff to more advaned uses of each technology.
If there was any downside its that the silverlight section could do with a few more things, plus there are one or two bits of critical info missing in the book at times (one which gives the code for various classes and forms but fails to mention there is code being added to the app.xaml file to tie it all together).
But overall, this has been a good experince and I have enjoyed learning about LINQ, WPF, Silverlight and the many other topics explored. It's also a book that would be handly for both beginners and professional developers.
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