C# 4.0 How-To

Real, step-by-step solutions for C# 4.0 developers: fast, accurate, proven, and easy to use!

- A concise, task-based, quick reference guide to the most crucial C# 4.0 and .NET 4.0 programming tasks.
- Covers a remarkable range of C# 4.0 features: exceptions, generics, collections, networking, ASP.NET, LINQ, events, delegates, anonymous methods, closures, threading, patterns, Silverlight, WPF, and much more
- Will be released day and date with the release of C# 4.0

When time is of the essence, C# programmers can turn to this quick reference first, to get reliable, easy-to-implement solutions they can trust -- and use immediately. C# 4.0 How-To brings together tested, best-practice techniques and sample code that can help any developer quickly make the most of C# 4.0 in real-world projects. Ben Watson walks developers through performing approximately 200 tasks, presenting detailed code examples that demonstrate solutions that are concise, efficient, robust, and powerful. Throughout, this Microsoft insider fully reflects the major language and platform enhancements Microsoft is introducing with C# 4.0 and .NET 4.0.

C# 4.0 How to begins with C# basics, then moves on to solving problems using the .NET Framework, and then addresses a wide range of general programming problems and algorithms within the .NET environment. Along the way, Watson covers an extraordinary spectrum of C# techniques and features, including types, exceptions, numbers, enumerations, strings, regular expressions, generics, collections, files, networking, web services, WinForms, ASP.NET, data integration, XML, memory management, LINQ, events, delegates, anonymous methods, closures, threading, application patterns, interacting with Windows and hardware, algorithms, data structures, Silverlight, WPF, and much more.