C# in a nutshell : a desktop quick reference / Peter Drayton, Ben Albahari & Ted Neward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Drayton, Peter.

Contributor:

Albahari, Ben.

Neward, Ted.

Series:

Nutshell handbook

A Nutshell handbook

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

C# (Computer program language).

Physical Description:

xxii, 832 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly, 2002.

Summary:

Designed as a primary reference to be used daily, "C# in a Nutshell also includes the essential background information to become productive quickly. Not a "how-to" book or a rehash of Microsoft's documentation, this book goes to the source of the language and APIs to present the content in a way that professional programmers will value above all other books. "C# in a Nutshell is a comprehensive language reference and also presents the .NET Framework using C# examples. Additionally, it is an extensive and quick reference to the API, featuring the System namespace. Particularly useful are the many figures and tables that present the main features of the namespace. Every once in a while, a book becomes the de-facto standard for a technology, operating system, or programming language--which is exactly what "C# in a Nutshell aims to do in a single straightforward and easy-to-use volume.

Contents:

Part I Programming with C#

Chapter 1 Introducing C# and the .NET Framework 3

The C# Language 4

The .NET Framework 7

ECMA Standardization 11

Chapter 2 C# Language Basics 13

A First C# Program 13

Identifiers and Keywords 14

Type Basics 15

Value Types and Reference Types 18

Predefined Types 23

Arrays 28

Variables and Parameters 30

Expressions and Operators 32

Statements 35

Namespaces 42

Chapter 3 Creating Types in C# 45

Classes 45

Inheritance 55

Access Modifiers 61

Structs 63

Interfaces 63

Enums 66

Chapter 4 Advanced C# Features 68

Delegates 68

Delegates Versus Function Pointers 70

Delegates Versus Interfaces 70

Events 70

Operator Overloading 73

Try Statements and Exceptions 76

Attributes 79

Unsafe Code and Pointers 81

Preprocessor Directives 84

XML Documentation 85

Part II Programming with the .NET Framework

Chapter 5 Framework Class Library Overview 95

Core Types 95

Text 96

Collections 96

Streams and I/O 96

Networking 97

Threading 97

Security 97

Reflection and Metadata 98

Assemblies 98

Serialization 98

Remoting 98

Web Services 99

Data Access 99

XML 100

Graphics 100

Rich Client Applications 100

Web-Based Applications 100

Globalization 101

Configuration 101

Advanced Component Services 101

Diagnostics and Debugging 102

Interoperating with Unmanaged Code 102

Compiler and Tool Support 102

Runtime Facilities 103

Native OS Facilities 103

Undocumented Types 103

Chapter 6 String Handling 105

String Class 105

StringBuilder Class 108

Regular Expression Support 108

Regular Expression Basics 110

Procedural- and Expression-Based Patterns 112

Cookbook Regular Expressions 113

Chapter 7 Collections 117

Iterating Over Collections 117

Standard Collection Interfaces 121

Predefined Collection Classes 122

Ordering Instances 125

Generating Hash Code 127

Chapter 8 XML I/O 129

Accessing XML Documents 129

Parsing an XML Stream 132

Selecting Nodes Using XPath 133

Transforming a Document Using XSLT 135

Chapter 9 Networking 138

Network Programming Models 138

Generic Request/Response Architecture 138

HTTP-Specific Support 139

WebClient 140

Adding New Protocol Handlers 140

Using TCP, UDP, and Sockets 140

Using DNS 142

Chapter 10 Streams and I/O 143

Streams and Backing Stores 143

Encapsulating Raw Streams 145

Directories and Files 147

Isolated Storage 150

Chapter 11 Serialization 153

What Is Serialization? 153

Serialization Support in the Framework 154

Explicit Serialization 154

Implicit Serialization 155

[Serializable] 156

[NonSerialized] 157

IDeserializationCallback 157

ISerializable 158

[Serializable] and ISerializable 159

Chapter 12 Assemblies 162

Elements of an Assembly 162

Assemblies and Modules 163

Scoping Types and Type References 163

Naming and Signing Assemblies 164

Resolving and Loading Assemblies 166

Deployment 167

Security Permissions 167

Chapter 13 Reflection 169

Type Hierarchy 169

Types, Members, and Nested Types 170

Retrieving the Type for an Instance 171

Retrieving a Type Directly 171

Reflecting Over a Type Hierarchy 172

Late Binding 172

Advanced Uses of Reflection 174

Creating New Types at Runtime 175

Chapter 14 Custom Attributes 177

Language Support 177

Compiler Support 177

Runtime Support 178

Predefined Attributes 179

Defining a New Custom Attribute 181

Retrieving a Custom Attribute at Runtime 182

Chapter 15 Memory Management 184

The Garbage Collector 184

Optimization Techniques 185

Finalizers 186

Dispose and Close Methods 186

Chapter 16 Threading 188

Thread Synchronization 188

Common Thread Types 191

Asynchronous Delegates 192

Chapter 17 Integrating with Native DLLs 194

Calling Into DLLs 194

Marshaling Common Types 195

Marshaling Classes and Structs 195

In and Out Marshaling 196

Callbacks from Unmanaged Code 197

Simulating a C Union 197

Mapping a Struct to a Binary Format 199

Predefined Interop Support Attributes 201

Chapter 18 Integrating with COM Components 204

Binding COM and C# Objects 204

Exposing COM Objects to C# 204

Exposing C# Objects to COM 205

COM Mapping in C# 206

Common COM Interop Support Attributes 207

COM+ Support 207

Chapter 19 Diagnostics 210

Logging and Assertion Facilities 210

Conditional Compilation 212

Debugger Integration 213

Processes, Threads, and Stacks 213

Event Logs 216

Performance Counters 218

Part III Language and Tools Reference

Chapter 20 C# Language Reference 223

Chapter 21 XML Documentation Tag Reference 231

Chapter 22 C# Naming and Coding Conventions 234

Case 234

Mechanics 236

Word Choice 237

Namespaces 238

Chapter 23 C# Development Tools 239

Part IV API Quick Reference

Chapter 24 How to Use This Quick Reference 275

Finding a Quick-Reference Entry 275

Reading a Quick-Reference Entry 276

Chapter 25 Microsoft.Win32 281

Chapter 26 System 290

Chapter 27 System.Collections 384

Chapter 28 System.Collections.Specialized 399

Chapter 29 System.Diagnostics 407

Chapter 30 System.Globalization 445

Chapter 31 System.IO 464

Chapter 32 System.IO.IsolatedStorage 491

Chapter 33 System.Net 496

Chapter 34 System.Net.Sockets 524

Chapter 35 System.Reflection 536

Chapter 36 System.Reflection.Emit 572

Chapter 37 System.Runtime.InteropServices 601

Chapter 38 System.Runtime.Serialization 627

Chapter 39 System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters 638

Chapter 40 System.Text 643

Chapter 41 System.Text.RegularExpressions 650

Chapter 42 System.Threading 657

Chapter 43 System.Timers 674

Chapter 44 System.Xml 677

Chapter 45 System.Xml.XPath 711

Chapter 46 System.Xml.Xsl 718

Appendix A Regular Expressions 725

Appendix B Format Specifiers 729

Appendix C Data Marshaling 735

Appendix D C# Keywords 737

Appendix E Namespaces and Assemblies 743

Appendix F Type, Method, Property, Event, and Field Index 749.

ISBN:

0596001819

OCLC:

230740451