Table of Contents

Essential C# 2.0
By Mark Michaelis
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Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional
Pub Date: July 13, 2006
Print ISBN-10: 0321150775
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-321-15077-6
Pages: 768

Table of Contents  | Index

		Copyright
		Praise for Essential C# 2.0
		Acknowledgments
		About the Author
		Chapter 1.  Introducing C#
			Hello, World
			C# Syntax Fundamentals
			Working with Variables
			Console Input and Output
			Comments
			Common Intermediate Language and ILDASM
			Summary
		Chapter 2.  Data Types
			Fundamental Numeric Types
			More Fundamental Types
			null and void
			Categories of Types
			Nullable Modifier
			Conversions between Data Types
			Arrays
			Summary
		Chapter 3.  Operators and Control Flow
			Operators
			Introducing Flow Control
			Code Blocks ({})
			Scope
			Boolean Expressions
			Bitwise Operators (<<, >>, |, &, ^, ~)
			Control Flow Statements, Continued
			Jump Statements
			C# Preprocessor Directives
			Summary
		Chapter 4.  Methods and Parameters
			Calling a Method
			Declaring a Method
			The using Directive
			Returns and Parameters on Main()
			Parameters
			Recursion
			Method Overloading
			Basic Error Handling with Exceptions
			Summary
		Chapter 5.  Classes
			Defining and Instantiating a Class
			Instance Fields
			Instance Methods
			Using the this Keyword
			Access Modifiers
			Constructors
			Static
			const and readonly Modifiers
			Properties
			Nested Classes
			Partial Classes
			Summary
		Chapter 6.  Inheritance
			Derivation
			Overriding the Base Class
			Abstract Classes
			Everything Ultimately Derives from System.Object
			Verifying the Underlying Type with the is Operator
			Conversion Using the as Operator
			Summary
		Chapter 7.  Interfaces
			Introducing Interfaces
			Polymorphism through Interfaces
			Interface Implementation
			Casting between the Implementing Class and Its Interfaces
			Multiple Interface Inheritance
			Implementing Multiple Inheritance via Interfaces
			Versioning
			Interfaces Compared with Classes
			Summary
		Chapter 8.  Value Types
			Structs
			Boxing
			Enums
			Summary
		Chapter 9.  Well-Formed Types
			Overriding object Members
			Operator Overloading
			Defining Namespaces
			XML Comments
			Garbage Collection
			Resource Cleanup
			Summary
		Chapter 10.  Exception Handling
			Multiple Exception Types
			Catching Exceptions
			General Catch Block
			Guidelines for Exception Handling
			Defining Custom Exceptions
			Summary
		Chapter 11.  Generics
			C# without Generics
			Introducing Generic Types
			Constraints
			Generic Methods
			Generic Internals
			Summary
		Chapter 12.  Collections
			Primary Collection Classes
			Introducing Collection Class Interfaces
			Providing an Index Operator
			Returning Null or an Empty Collection
			Iterators
			Summary
		Chapter 13.  Delegates and Events
			Method Pointers
			Multicast Delegates and the Observer Pattern
			Events
			Summary
		Chapter 14.  Reflection and Attributes
			Reflection
			Attributes
			Summary
		Chapter 15.  Multithreading
			Running and Controlling a Separate Thread
			Passing Parameters to Threads
			Thread Pooling
			Unhandled Exceptions
			Synchronization
			Summary
		Chapter 16.  Multithreading Patterns
			Asynchronous Results Pattern
			Background Worker Pattern
			Windows Forms
			Summary
		Chapter 17.  Platform Interoperability and Unsafe Code
			Platform Invoke
			Pointers and Addresses
			Summary
		Chapter 18.  The Common Language Infrastructure
			Defining the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI)
			CLI Implementations
			C# Compilation to Machine Code
			Runtime
			Application Domains
			Assemblies, Manifests, and Modules
			Common Intermediate Language (CIL)
			Common Type System (CTS)
			Common Language Specification (CLS)
			Base Class Library (BCL)
			Metadata
			Summary
		Appendix A.  Downloading and Installing the C# Compiler and the CLI Platform
			Microsoft's .NET
			Mono
		Appendix B.  Complete Source Code Listings
			Chapters 3 and 4
			Chapter 9
			Chapter 12
			Chapter 14
			Chapter 17
		Appendix C.  C# 2.0 Topics
		Index