This bestselling tutorial shows you how to build web, desktop, and rich Internet applications using C# 4.0 with .NET's database capabilities, UI framework (WPF), extensive communication services (WCF), and more. The sixth edition covers the latest enhancements to C#, as well as the fundamentals of both the language and framework. You'll learn concurrent programming with C# 4.0, and how to use .NET tools such as the Entity Framework for easier data access, and the Silverlight platform for browser-based RIA development
. With its support for dynamic programming, C# 4.0 continues to evolve as a versatile language on its own. But when C# is used with .NET Framework 4, the combination is incredibly powerful. This bestselling tutorial shows you how to build web, desktop, and rich Internet applications using C# 4.0 with .NET's database capabilities, UI framework (WPF), extensive communication services (WCF), and more.

In this sixth edition, .NET experts Ian Griffiths, Matthew Adams, and Jesse Liberty cover the latest enhancements to C#, as well as the fundamentals of both the language and framework. You'll learn concurrent programming with C# 4.0, and how to use .NET tools such as the Entity Framework for easier data access, and the Silverlight platform for browser-based RIA development.

    Learn C# fundamentals, such as variables, flow control, loops, and methods
    Build complex programs with object-oriented and functional programming techniques
    Process large collections of data with the native query features in LINQ
    Communicate across networks with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
    Learn the advantages of C# 4.0's dynamic language features
    Build interactive Windows applications with Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
    Create rich web applications with Silverlight and ASP.NET


Table of Contents

    Chapter 1 Introducing C#
        Why C#? Why .NET?
        The .NET Framework Class Library
        Language Style
        C# 4.0, .NET 4, and Visual Studio 2010
        Summary
    Chapter 2 Basic Programming Techniques
        Getting Started
        Namespaces and Types
        Projects and Solutions
        Comments, Regions, and Readability
        Variables
        Expressions and Statements
        Flow Control with Selection Statements
        Iteration Statements
        Methods
        Summary
    Chapter 3 Abstracting Ideas with Classes and Structs
        Divide and Conquer
        Defining Classes
        Related Constants with enum
        Value Types and Reference Types
        Too Many Constructors, Mr. Mozart
        Overloading
        Object Initializers
        Defining Methods
        Static Fields and Properties
        Summary
    Chapter 4 Extensibility and Polymorphism
        Association Through Composition and Aggregation
        Inheritance and Polymorphism
        Replacing Methods in Derived Classes
        Inheritance and Protection
        Calling Base Class Methods
        Thus Far and No Farther: sealed
        Requiring Overrides with abstract
        All Types Are Derived from Object
        C# Does Not Support Multiple Inheritance of Implementation
        C# Supports Multiple Inheritance of Interface
        Deriving Interfaces from Other Interfaces
        The Last Resort: Checking Types at Runtime
        Summary
    Chapter 5 Composability and Extensibility with Delegates
        Functional Composition with delegate
        Generic Actions with Action<T>
        Generic Predicates with Predicate<T>
        Using Anonymous Methods
        Creating Delegates with Lambda Expressions
        Delegates in Properties
        Generic Delegates for Functions
        Notifying Clients with Events
        Summary
    Chapter 6 Dealing with Errors
        When and How to Fail
        Returning Error Values
        Exceptions
        Summary
    Chapter 7 Arrays and Lists
        Arrays
        List<T>
        Collections and Polymorphism
        Summary
    Chapter 8 LINQ
        Query Expressions
        LINQ Concepts and Techniques
        LINQ Operators
        Summary
    Chapter 9 Collection Classes
        Dictionaries
        HashSet and SortedSet
        Queues
        Linked Lists
        Stacks
        Summary
    Chapter 10 Strings
        What Is a String?
        The String and Char Types
        Literal Strings and Chars
        Formatting Data for Output
        Culture Sensitivity
        Accessing Characters by Index
        Strings Are Immutable
        Getting a Range of Characters
        Composing Strings
        Manipulating Text
        Finding and Replacing Content
        All Sorts of “Empty” Strings
        Trimming Whitespace
        Checking Character Types
        Encoding Characters
        Summary
    Chapter 11 Files and Streams
        Inspecting Directories and Files
        Examining Directories
        Manipulating File Paths
        Examining File Information
        Creating Temporary Files
        Deleting Files
        Well-Known Folders
        Concatenating Path Elements Safely
        Creating and Securing Directory Hierarchies
        Deleting a Directory
        Writing Text Files
        When Files Go Bad: Dealing with Exceptions
        Reading Files into Memory
        Streams
        Reading, Writing, and Locking Files
        FileStream Constructors
        Asynchronous File Operations
        Isolated Storage
        Streams That Aren’t Files
        Summary
    Chapter 12 XML
        XML Basics (A Quick Review)
        X Stands for eXtensible
        Creating XML Documents
        Searching in XML with LINQ
        XML Serialization
        Summary
    Chapter 13 Networking
        Choosing a Networking Technology
        WCF
        HTTP
        Sockets
        Other Networking Features
        Summary
    Chapter 14 Databases
        The .NET Data Access Landscape
        The Entity Data Model
        Queries
        Object Context
        WCF Data Services
        Summary
    Chapter 15 Assemblies
        .NET Components: Assemblies
        Naming
        Loading
        Summary
    Chapter 16 Threads and Asynchronous Code
        Threads
        Synchronization Primitives
        Asynchronous Programming
        The Task Parallel Library
        Data Parallelism
        Summary
    Chapter 17 Attributes and Reflection
        Attributes
        Reflection
        Summary
    Chapter 18 Dynamic
        Static Versus Dynamic
        The dynamic Type
        dynamic in Noninterop Scenarios?
        Summary
    Chapter 19 Interop with COM and Win32
        Importing ActiveX Controls
        Interop Assemblies
        64-bit Versus 32-bit
        P/Invoke
        Pointers
        C# 4.0 Interop Syntax Enhancements
        Summary
    Chapter 20 WPF and Silverlight
        Xaml and Code Behind
        Elements and Controls
        Control Templates
        Data Binding
        Summary
    Chapter 21 Programming ASP.NET Applications
        Web Forms Fundamentals
        Creating a Web Application
        Data Binding
        Summary
    Chapter 22 Windows Forms
        Creating the Application
        Controls
        Data Binding
        Event Handling
        Summary