C# 2005 Programmer's Reference (Programmer to Programmer) [Paperback]

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes (Author), Kathie Kingsley-Hughes (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0470046414 | ISBN-13: 978-0470046418 | Publication Date: November 6, 2006 | Edition: 1

As one of the hottest programming languages in use today, C# enables you to build a wide range of secure and robust enterprise applications that run on the .NET Framework, including XML Web services, client-server applications, database applications, and more. Now with the release of C# 2005, you'll find a complex array of new language options and parameters to create even more powerful applications if you know how to utilize them. This book will show you how.

Combining a comprehensive tutorial and reference, this book breaks down the latest features while exploring the language from the ground up. The first section provides you with a detailed understanding of basic programming concepts and helps you gain the skills to write your own applications. The second section presents detailed information on specific features of the language so you can immediately take advantage of all the tools available.

What you will learn from this book

• A complete understanding of C# and its language structure
• The best methods for mastering the new features of C# 2005
• Techniques for building cutting-edge applications for the .NET Framework
• How to use powerful options such as enumerations and delegates
• Ways to increase safety and performance using generic methods and types
• Steps for incorporating expressions and statements
• The proper way to use namespaces, classes, structures, and arrays

Who this book is for

This book is an excellent resource for experienced C# developers as well as those who are new to the language. It shows you how to easily develop applications using C# but can also be used as a professional reference.

Wrox Programmer's References are designed to give the experienced developer straight facts on a new technology, without hype or unnecessary explanations. They deliver hard information with plenty of practical examples to help you apply new tools to your development projects today.

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From the Back Cover

As one of the hottest programming languages in use today, C# enables you to build a wide range of secure and robust enterprise applications that run on the .NET Framework, including XML Web services, client-server applications, database applications, and more. Now with the release of C# 2005, you'll find a complex array of new language options and parameters to create even more powerful applications if you know how to utilize them. This book will show you how.

Combining a comprehensive tutorial and reference, this book breaks down the latest features while exploring the language from the ground up. The first section provides you with a detailed understanding of basic programming concepts and helps you gain the skills to write your own applications. The second section presents detailed information on specific features of the language so you can immediately take advantage of all the tools available.

What you will learn from this book

• A complete understanding of C# and its language structure
• The best methods for mastering the new features of C# 2005
• Techniques for building cutting-edge applications for the .NET Framework
• How to use powerful options such as enumerations and delegates
• Ways to increase safety and performance using generic methods and types
• Steps for incorporating expressions and statements
• The proper way to use namespaces, classes, structures, and arrays

Who this book is for

This book is an excellent resource for experienced C# developers as well as those who are new to the language. It shows you how to easily develop applications using C# but can also be used as a professional reference.

Wrox Programmer's References are designed to give the experienced developer straight facts on a new technology, without hype or unnecessary explanations. They deliver hard information with plenty of practical examples to help you apply new tools to your development projects today.

About the Author

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes and Kathie Kingsley-Hughes (UK) have authored and co-authored several successful technical/PC books on a variety of subjects for a range of publishers including Wiley/Wrox Pressand Sybex.  They have also developed numerous successful training manuals and Internet-based courses for nearly a decade.  They run a UK company specializing in application/internet development and security, and they teach online courses for several training providers.  Adrian has developed several highly successful courses for Barnes and Noble University where he teaches professional skills to students ranging from complete beginners to experts. The two have produced courses and training materials that have been used extensively by many Fortune 50, Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies, as well as many leading universities in the US and abroad. Adrian and Kathie also run several high-profile and successful websites, including "The PC Doctor" (http://www.pcdoctor-guide.com) "Kingsley-Hughes.com"(http://www.kingsley-hughes.com).

Product Details

• Paperback: 386 pages
• Publisher: Wrox; 1 edition (November 6, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470046414
• ISBN-13: 978-0470046418
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,373,541 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

My name is Adrian W Kingsley-Hughes. I am a technical consultant and author based in the UK. I have been around (and inside, on top of and beneath) computers for coming on two decades.
I live in the UK with my wife Kathie (who is also an author) and my fantastic children.

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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Worthless, November 18, 2006

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This review is from: C# 2005 Programmer's Reference (Programmer to Programmer) (Paperback)

I read a lot of computer books every year and I have to say this has to be one of the worst ones I have seen. I bought this book online (without first checking it out at a local bookstore) and that was a mistake as a quick perusing would have warned me how thin on content this book really is. For instance the chapter on delegates is 4.5 pages long but with all the extra white space and margins reduced it could easily fit on one printed page (the authors state the delegates are just too complicated a topic to be addressed fully in this book). Examples are trivial or non-existent and much of the text is just useless. I cannot believe this book would be any more useful for the beginner than it would be for the experienced programmer. This book reminds me of the worthless reference guides that compiler companies use to include with their products. As a side note, the smirk on the female author's face just seems to be saying to me "I can't believe you were stupid enough to buy the book". Luckily, since I bought this book online, I will be able to return it for a refund.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Are you kidding me? Is this for real?, November 9, 2006

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This review is from: C# 2005 Programmer's Reference (Programmer to Programmer) (Paperback)

I can't believe the authors actually published this meaningless stack of paper in the guise of a computer manual! Obviously they didn't take the time to review some of the other excellent Wrox offerings to see what a real "Programmer's Reference" should be. Many of their stellar definitions such as this one for Interface Declarations are quite amusing, "Interface declarations are type declarations that declare new interface types", as are the cryptic syntax descriptions that follow, "interface-modifiers: interface-modifier interface-modifiers interface modifier", followed by a list of modifiers with no context (read examples) whatsoever. This is not just an isolated example, the book is rife with them. I was under the impression that a Programmer's Reference book would contain lots of code examples, but the authors seem to be of a different opinion.

I buy many computer-related books and will say this is the worst ever. I am now packaging this book for return to Amazon and am hoping as I write this that I don't get a speeding ticket on my way to the post office.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible C# Reference, November 1, 2007

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Daniel McKinnon "Dan" (Tewksbury, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: C# 2005 Programmer's Reference (Programmer to Programmer) (Paperback)

'C# 2005 Programmer's Reference' is one of the worst programming books I have ever had the misfortune to read. I swear the authors just wanted an opportunity to get a cutesy photo of themselves together and published, proudly displaying their hyphenated last names. Horribly written with much less content that should be within a book with such a broad-reaching title, this book is for the most BASIC of C# programmer. If the title of this book had been "Intro to C# Programming" or "Basic C# Programming" I would have been much kinder with my review and slapping a 3 star rating on it, but this book does NOT have that title so I cannot be kind.

Folks if you want to learn C# programming this is NOT the book for you with so many others on the market today. Bad content, misleading title, and terrible all around, this is one of the worst books that Wrox has ever put out. I think highly of most of the books that Wrox puts out, but this is at the bottom of the barrel.

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