Essential C# 2.0
- Essential C 2.0
- Table of Contents
- 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
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