The mission of this text is to provide you with a rock-solid foundation to the C# 2008 programming language and the core aspects of the .NET platform (OOP, assemblies, file IO, Windows Forms/WPF, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, WCF,WF, etc.). The book has a total of 33 chapters that are exclusively designed to furnish wholesome information about Language Integrated Query (LINQ), the C# 2008 language changes (automatic properties, extension methods, anonymous types, etc.) and the numerous bells and whistles of Visual Studio 2008.

About the Author

Andrew Troelsen is a partner, trainer, and consultant at Intertech-Inc., and is a leading authority on both .NET and COM. His book Pro C# 2005 and the .NET 2.0 Platform won the prestigious 2003 Reference ware Excellence Award and is now in its third edition. Also of note are his earlier five-star treatment of traditional COM in the bestselling Developer's Workshop to COM and ATL mirrored in his book, COM and .NET Interoperability, and his top-notch investigation of VB .NET in Visual Basic .NET and the .NET Platform: An Advanced Guide. Troelsen has a degree in mathematical linguistics and South Asian studies from the University of Minnesota and is a frequent speaker at numerous .NET-related conferences. He currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with his wife, Amanda, and spends his free time investigating .NET and waiting for the Wild to win the Stanley Cup.

Table of Contents:
Part I Introducing C# And The .NET Platform Chapter 1 The Philosophy of .NET Chapter 2 Building C# Applications Part II Core C# Programming Constructs Chapter 3 Core C# Programming Constructs, Part I Chapter 4 Core C# Programming Constructs, Part II Chapter 5 Defining Encapsulated Class Types Chapter 6 Understanding Inheritance and Polymorphism Chapter 7 Understanding Structured Exception Handling Chapter 8 Understanding Object Lifetime Part III Advanced C# Programming Constructs Chapter 9 Working with Interfaces Chapter 10 Collection and Generics Chapter 11 Delegates, Events and Lambdas Chapter 12 Indexers, Operators and Pointers Chapter 13 C# 2008 Language Features Chapter 14 An Introduction to LINQ Part IV Programming With .NET Assemblies Chapter 15 Introducing .NET Assemblies Chapter 16 Type Reflection, Late Binding and Attribute-Based Programming Chapter 17 Processes, AppDomains and Object Contexts Chapter 18 Building Multithreaded Applications Chapter 19 Understanding CIL and the Role of Dynamic Assemblies Part V Introducing The .NET Base Class Libraries Chapter 20 File I/O and Isolated Storage Chapter 21 Introducing Object Serialization Chapter 22 ADO.NET Part I: The Connected Layer Chapter 23 ADO.NET Part II: The Disconnected Layer Chapter 24 Programming with LINQ APIs Chapter 25 Introducing Windows Communication Foundation Chapter 26 Introducing Windows Workflow Foundation Part VI Desktop User Interfaces Chapter 27 Programming With Windows Forms Chapter 28 Introducing Windows Presentation Foundation and XAML Chapter 29 Programming with WPF Controls Chapter 30 WPF 2D Graphical Rendering, Resources and Themes Part VII Building Web Applications With ASP.NET Chapter 31 Building ASP.NET Web Pages Chapter 32 ASP.NET Web Controls, Themes and Master Pages Chapter 33 ASP.NET State Management Techniques