C# Bible - Softcover

* Master all the elements of this powerful new language from Microsoft
* Harness object-oriented programming techniques and advanced language features
* Create Web services, ASP.NET applications, and other .NET solutions

If C# can do it, you can do it, too . . .

Blending the object-oriented power of C++ with the simplicity of Visual Basic, C# is the ideal language for building sophisticated .NET components and applications. This all-in-one guide by a team of .NET programming pros delivers everything you need to get up and running with C# - a complete tour of the language and practical guidance on developing a variety of .NET solutions. Take the language tour and get the scoop on C# basics and object-oriented techniques as well as on advanced topics such as delegates and versioning. Then turn to the solutions section for all the examples and source code you need to jumpstart a C# project, whether it's a Windows Form or an ASP.NET application.

Inside, you'll find complete coverage of C#
* Get up to speed on expressions, functions, data types, and other C# fundamentals
* Master classes, overloaded operators, inheritance, and other object-oriented tools
* Harness the power of namespaces, interfaces, enumerations, and delegates
* Explore the ins and outs of exceptions, attributes, versioning, and unsafe code
* Create real-world Windows Forms and WebForms applications
* Build components to access files or a database
* Use C# in an ASP.NET application
* Integrate COM with .NET using C#

Jeff Ferguson is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD) with over 10 years of professional software development experience. Jeff is a Senior Consultant for Magenic Technologies, a Microsoft Certified Solutions Provider Partner whose clients include Microsoft themselves. Jeff has extensive experience in n-tier application development with Visual C++, ASP, SQL Server and other related technologies, and has been working with the new C# language since the early pre-beta stages.
Jeff is active in the .NET developer community, and is a contributor to The Visual C++ Developer's Journal, a popular programmer's magazine.

Brian Patterson currently work for Affina, Inc., as a Technical Team Leader, where he is generally working with C++ on HP-UX or Windows development with any number of the Visual Studio languages.

Jason Beres has been a software developer for 10 years. He is currently a consultant in South Florida and works exclusively with Microsoft technologies.

Pierre Boutquin is a senior software architect in the treasury of a major Canadian bank, where he helps develop leading-edge market risk management software.

Meeta Gupta has a master's degree in computer engineering. She is presently working at NIIT Ltd., where she designs, develops, and authors books on a varied range of subjects.