Appendix C: C for Java Developers

Overview

At first glance, Java developers might not get particularly excited about C# code, because of the syntactical similarity between it and Java. However, look more closely and you will see subtle yet significant differences: features such as operator overloading, indexers, delegates, properties, and type-safe enumerations in C#.

This appendix focuses on applying much-loved Java programming tricks to C# code, highlighting features that C# adds to the picture, and pointing out tricks that C# cannot do (although you won't find many of those). Of course, it is assumed that as a reader of this appendix, you are a professional Java developer, so this appendix does not go into too much detail when describing the Java language.