This new edition has been comprehensively revised and rewritten to make it accurately reflect the C# 4 language specification for the .NET 4 platform. You’ll find new chapters covering the important concepts of dynamic lookups, named and optional arguments, Parallel LINQ (PLINQ), improved COM interop, and variance for generics.
This book is for anyone with some software development experience who is interested in the new .NET Framework 4 and the C# language. Whether you are moving to .NET for the first time or are already writing applications on .NET 2.0 or .NET 3.5, this book will provide you with a comprehensive grounding in the new technology and serve as a complete reference throughout your coding career.

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 Referenceware Excellence Award and 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.

Table of Contents:
Introduction Part 1: Introducing C# and the .NET Platform · Chapter 1: The Philosophy of .NET · Chapter 2: Building C# Applications Part 2: 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 3: Advanced C# Programming Constructs · Chapter 9: Working with Interfaces · Chapter 10: Understanding Generics · Chapter 11: Delegates, Events, and Lambdas Understanding the .NET Delegate Type · Chapter 12: Advanced C# Language Features · Chapter 13: LINQ to Objects Part 4: Programming with .NET Assemblies · Chapter 14: Configuring .NET Assemblies Defining Custom Namespaces · Chapter 15: Type Reflection, Late Binding, and Attribute-Based Programming · Chapter 16: Processes, AppDomains, and Object Contexts · Chapter 17: Understanding CIL and the Role of Dynamic Assemblies · Chapter 18: Dynamic Types and the Dynamic Language Runtime Part 5: Introducing the .NET Base Class Libraries · Chapter 19: Multithreaded and Parallel Programming · Chapter 20: File 1/0 and Object Serialization · Chapter 21: ADO.NET Part I: The Connected Layer · Chapter 22: ADO.NET Part II: The Disconnected Layer · Chapter 23: ADO.NET Part III: The Entity Framework · Chapter 24: Introducing LINQ to XML · Chapter 25: Introducing Windows Communication Foundation · Chapter 26: Introducing Windows Workflow Foundation 4.0 Part 6: Building Desktop User Interfaces with WPF · Chapter 27: Introducing Windows Presentation Foundation and XAML · Chapter 28: Programming with WPF Controls · Chapter 29: WPF Graphics Rendering Services · Chapter 30: WPF Resources, Animations, and Styles · Chapter 31: WPF Control Templates and UserControls Part 7: Building Web Applications with ASP .NET · Chapter 32: Building ASP .NET Web Pages · Chapter 33: ASP .NET Web Controls, Master Pages and Themes · Chapter 34: ASP .NET State Management Techniques Appendix A: Programming with Windows Forms Appendix B: Platform-Independent .NET Development with Mono