Practical .Net2 and C#2: Harness the Platform, the Language, the Framework [Paperback]

Patrick Smacchia (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 2006

The author placed itself from the point of view of the developer which must be quickly productive and anticipate changes without having to reinvent the wheel. More than half the book is dedicated to the 2.0 version of .NET and covers: The .NET platform, The C#2 language and The .NET Framework. With several reminders to fundamental, it is the perfect book for the student, the beginner or even the seasoned developer.

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About the Author

Patrick Smacchia is a .NET MVP (Microsoft Most Valuable Professional) involved in software development for over 15 years. He has worked on software in various fields such as stock exchange, airplane ticket reservation and satellite base station at Alcatel. He’s now a software consultant and trainer on .NET technologies. He’s also the author of the tool NDepend which provides numerous metrics and caveats on any .NET application.

Product Details

• Paperback: 896 pages
• Publisher: Paradoxal Press (January 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0976613220
• ISBN-13: 978-0976613220
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.7 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,914,674 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely the best .NET book I've read, May 16, 2006

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Gary Wagner (Roseville, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Practical .Net2 and C#2: Harness the Platform, the Language, the Framework (Paperback)

This is absolutely the BEST .NET/C# book. Why? Several reasons: It offers guidance on using the .NET framework and C# the way the designers intended it to be. The early emphasis on the platform (assemblies/CLR/security/threading...) is a welcome change from others books. The quality of the code examples is unusually high. The explanations are concise and to the point.

Have you ever wondered how to override equality operator taking account of null inputs? Whether you should use a structure or a class? What's the difference between MemoryStream and BufferedStream? How to properly handle exceptions? What is the difference between durable and volatile transactional resource managers? What's happening under the hood of C#2 anonymous methods? Wonder no more!

The author does succeed in distilling down the essence of .NET into 900 pages. Read it, you won't regret it!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great content and presentation, poor editing, March 8, 2006

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Jason Kikel "Jason Kikel" (Cleveland, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Practical .Net2 and C#2: Harness the Platform, the Language, the Framework (Paperback)

I bought this text after reading an article Smacchia wrote on Anonymous Methods which had completely blown me away. His work here is consistent with that article. His approach is characterized by very straight forward presentation and layout. The diagrams and tables throughout are fantastic!

Great moments in this text include chapters on Deployment, Thread Synchronization, Security, and Native Interop wich are all conspicuously missing from Troelsen's C# 2005 and the .NET 2.0 Platform.

The only trouble originates in Smacchia's French background. There are MANY English errors and clumsy wordings. Each of these only distract for a moment and don't hinder the points being taught, but are enough to bar a five star rating.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good content, pity no editor, April 24, 2006

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Graeme Hood (Vienna, Austria) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Practical .Net2 and C#2: Harness the Platform, the Language, the Framework (Paperback)

Good, informative book, but could have used an English mother-tongue editor to correct the many mistakes. Every page has grammatical errors (and spelling and typing errors) which luckily the good quality content allows us to forgive. But shoot the editor please (or find one for your next book).