A updated guide to the C# programming language covers the fundamentals of C# 3.0, including such topics as syntax fundamentals, working with variables, console input and output, common intermediate language data strings, exception handling, and multithreading patterns, with new chapters on LINQ, Query Expressions, Lambda Expressions, Standard Query Operators, Delegates, and Collections Interfaces. Original. (Intermediate)
Mark Michaelis is an enterprise software architect at Itron Inc. In addition, Mark recently started intelliTechture, a software engineering and consulting company offering high-end consulting in Microsoft VSTS/TFS, BizTalk, SharePoint, and .NET 3.0. Mark also serves as a chief software architect and trainer for IDesign Inc.
Mark holds a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Illinois and an M.S. in computer science from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Mark was recently recognized as a Microsoft Regional Director. Starting in 1996, he has been a Microsoft MVP for C#, Visual Studio Team System, and the Windows SDK. He serves on several Microsoft software design review teams, including C#, the Connected Systems Division, and VSTS. Mark speaks at many developer conferences and has written numerous articles and books.
When not bonding with his computer, Mark is busy with his family or training for the Ironman. Mark lives in Spokane, Washington, with his wife Elisabeth, and three children, Benjamin, Hanna, and Abigail.