Programming C#

Intended for C++ and Java programmers, this guide explains the details of the C# language and how to write .NET applications with C#. Topics include desktop applications with Windows forms, web applications with web forms, database interactivity, web services, the common language runtime, and the framework class library. The fourth edition covers C# 2.0, the .NET framework 2.0, and Visual Studio 2005. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Preface; About This Book; What You Need To Use This Book; How the Book Is Organized; Who This Book Is For; C# 2.0 Versus C# 1.1; C# Versus Visual Basic .NET; C# Versus Java; C# Versus C and C++; Conventions Used in This Book; Support; We'd Like to Hear from You; Safari Enabled; Acknowledgments; Part I: The C# Language; Chapter 1: C# and the .NET Framework; 1.1 The .NET Platform; 1.2 The .NET Framework; 1.3 Compilation and the MSIL; 1.4 The C# Language; Chapter 2: Getting Started: "Hello World"; 2.1 Classes, Objects, and Types; 2.2 Developing "Hello World"; 2.3 Using the Visual Studio .NET Debugger; Chapter 3: C# Language Fundamentals; 3.1 Types; 3.2 Variables and Constants; 3.3 Expressions; 3.4 Whitespace; 3.5 Statements; 3.6 Operators; 3.7 Preprocessor Directives; Chapter 4: Classes and Objects; 4.1 Defining Classes; 4.2 Creating Objects; 4.3 Using Static Members; 4.4 Destroying Objects; 4.5 Passing Parameters; 4.6 Overloading Methods and Constructors; 4.7 Encapsulating Data with Properties; 4.8 readonly Fields; Chapter 5: Inheritance and Polymorphism; 5.1 Specialization and Generalization; 5.2 Inheritance; 5.3 Polymorphism; 5.4 Abstract Classes; 5.5 The Root of All Classes: Object; 5.6 Boxing and Unboxing Types; 5.7 Nesting Classes; Chapter 6: Operator Overloading; 6.1 Using the operator Keyword; 6.2 Supporting Other .NET Languages; 6.3 Creating Useful Operators; 6.4 Logical Pairs; 6.5 The Equality Operator; 6.6 Conversion Operators; Chapter 7: Structs; 7.1 Defining Structs; 7.2 Creating Structs; Chapter 8: Interfaces; 8.1 Defining and Implementing an Interface; 8.2 Accessing Interface Methods; 8.3 Overriding Interface Implementations; 8.4 Explicit Interface Implementation; Chapter 9: Arrays, Indexers, and Collections; 9.1 Arrays; 9.2 The foreach Statement; 9.3 Indexers; 9.4 Collection Interfaces; 9.5 Constraints; 9.6 List ; 9.7 Queues; 9.8 Stacks; 9.9 Dictionaries; Chapter 10: Strings and Regular Expressions; 10.1 Strings; 10.2 Regular Expressions; Chapter 11: Handling Exceptions; 11.1 Throwing and Catching Exceptions; 11.2 Exception Objects; 11.3 Custom Exceptions; 11.4 Rethrowing Exceptions; Chapter 12: Delegates and Events; 12.1 Delegates; 12.2 Multicasting; 12.3 Events; 12.4 Using Anonymous Methods; 12.5 Retrieving Values from Multicast Delegates; Part II: Programming with C#; Chapter 13: Building Windows Applications; 13.1 Creating a Simple Windows Form; 13.2 Creating a Windows Forms Application; 13.3 XML Documentation Comments; Chapter 14: Accessing Data with ADO.NET; 14.1 Relational Databases and SQL; 14.2 The ADO.NET Object Model; 14.3 Getting Started with ADO.NET; 14.4 Using OLE DB Managed Providers; 14.5 Working with Data-Bound Controls; Chapter 15: Programming ASP.NET Applications and Web Services; 15.1 Understanding Web Forms; 15.2 Creating a Web Form; 15.3 Adding Controls; 15.4 Data Binding; 15.5 Web Services; 15.6 SOAP, WSDL, and Discovery; 15.7 Building a Web Service; 15.8 Creating the Proxy; Chapter 16: Putting It All Together; 16.1 The Overall Design; 16.2 Creating the Web Services Client; 16.3 Displaying the Output; 16.4 Searching by Category; Part III: The CLR and the .NET Framework; Chapter 17: Assemblies and Versioning; 17.1 PE Files; 17.2 Metadata; 17.3 Security Boundary; 17.4 Manifests; 17.5 Multimodule Assemblies; 17.6 Private Assemblies; 17.7 Shared Assemblies; Chapter 18: Attributes and Reflection; 18.1 Attributes; 18.2 Reflection; Chapter 19: Marshaling and Remoting; 19.1 Application Domains; 19.2 Context; 19.3 Remoting; Chapter 20: Threads and Synchronization; 20.1 Threads; 20.2 Synchronization; 20.3 Race Conditions and Deadlocks; Chapter 21: Streams; 21.1 Files and Directories; 21.2 Reading and Writing Data; 21.3 Asynchronous I/O; 21.4 Network I/O; 21.5 Web Streams; 21.6 Serialization; 21.7 Isolated Storage; Chapter 22: Programming .NET and COM; 22.1 Importing ActiveX Controls; 22.2 Importing COM Components; 22.3 Exporting .NET Components; 22.4 P/Invoke; 22.5 Pointers; Appendix A: C# Keywords; Colophon;