C# in Depth: What you need to master C# 2 and 3

Paperback: 424 pages
Publisher: Manning Publications; Pap/Pas edition (April 21, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1933988363
ISBN-13: 978-1933988368
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1 inches






C# in Depth is a completely new book designed to propel existing C# developers to a higher level of programming skill. One simple principle drives this book: explore a few things deeply rather than offer a shallow view of the whole C# landscape. If you often find yourself wanting just a little more at the end of a typical chapter, this is the book for you.

Expert author Jon Skeet dives into the C# language, plumbing new C# 2 and 3 features and probing the core C# language concepts that drive them. This unique book puts the new features into context of how C# has evolved without a lengthy rehearsal of the full C# language.

C# in Depth briefly examines the history of C# and the .NET framework and reviews a few often-misunderstood C# 1 concepts that are very important as the foundation for fully exploiting C# 2 and 3. Because the book addresses C# 1 with a light touch, existing C# developers don't need to pick through the book in order to find new material to enhance their skills.

This book focuses on the C# 2 and 3 versions of the language, but clearly explains where features are supported by changes in the runtime (CLR) or use new framework classes. Each feature gets a thorough explanation, along with a look on how you'd use it in real life applications.

C# in Depth is both a vehicle for learning C# 2 and 3 and a reference work. Although the coverage is in-depth, the text is always accessible: You'll explore pitfalls that can trip you up, but you'll skip over gnarly details best left to the language specification. The overall effect is that readers become not just proficient in C# 2 and 3, but comfortable that they truly understand the language.

User Review:

C# In Depth is an excellent, bordering on brilliant, examination of C#2 and C#3.

The author clearly understands the C# language at a very deep level and has the gift to be able to communicate his understanding in a way that really gets through to the average developer like you and me.

Jon Skeet starts with the assumption that you already understand the basics of C#1. He then deliberately skips over the usual route of discussing the .NET framework libraries, instead concentrating exclusively on the C# language itself.

He is therefore able to focus his book on reaching deep into the C# language itself....certainly to a level that I've never seen any other book come close to.

What I especially liked was the author's own free little tool for running his code snippets. Instead of getting bogged down in masses of unnecessary supplementary code to demonstrate a simple point, "Snippy" allows you to just enter the few lines you really want to understand and play with - and then it takes care of compiling and running them for you...a really neat idea.

I always say that there's a simple way to tell if someone is really an expert in something....ask them to explain something complex.

The pseudo-expert will only be able to explain complex topics using complex jargon and complex analogies. The real expert can explain complex topics using simple language and simple analogies...and this book demonstrates that the author is a real expert!

An excellent advanced C# book.

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