Programming C#, Fourth Edition

Preface

Part I. The C# Language

1. C# and the .NET Framework
     The .NET Platform
     The .NET Framework
     Compilation and the MSIL
     The C# Language

2. Getting Started: "Hello World"
     Classes, Objects, and Types
     Developing "Hello World"
     Using the Visual Studio .NET Debugger

3. C# Language Fundamentals
     Types
     Variables and Constants
     Expressions
     Whitespace
     Statements
     Operators
     Preprocessor Directives

4. Classes and Objects
     Defining Classes
     Creating Objects
     Using Static Members
     Destroying Objects
     Passing Parameters
     Overloading Methods and Constructors
     Encapsulating Data with Properties
     readonly Fields

5. Inheritance and Polymorphism
     Specialization and Generalization
     Inheritance
     Polymorphism
     Abstract Classes
     The Root of All Classes: Object
     Boxing and Unboxing Types
     Nesting Classes

6. Operator Overloading
     Using the operator Keyword
     Supporting Other .NET Languages
     Creating Useful Operators
     Logical Pairs
     The Equality Operator
     Conversion Operators

7. Structs
     Defining Structs
     Creating Structs

8. Interfaces
     Defining and Implementing an Interface
     Accessing Interface Methods
     Overriding Interface Implementations
     Explicit Interface Implementation

9. Arrays, Indexers, and Collections
     Arrays
     The foreach Statement
     Indexers
     Collection Interfaces
     Constraints
     List<T>
     Queues
     Stacks
     Dictionaries

10. Strings and Regular Expressions
     Strings
     Regular Expressions

11. Handling Exceptions
     Throwing and Catching Exceptions
     Exception Objects
     Custom Exceptions
     Rethrowing Exceptions

12. Delegates and Events
     Delegates
     Multicasting
     Events
     Using Anonymous Methods
     Retrieving Values from Multicast Delegates

Part II. Programming with C#

13. Building Windows Applications
     Creating a Simple Windows Form
     Creating a Windows Forms Application
     XML Documentation Comments

14. Accessing Data with ADO.NET
     Relational Databases and SQL
     The ADO.NET Object Model
     Getting Started with ADO.NET
     Using OLE DB Managed Providers
     Working with Data-Bound Controls

15. Programming ASP.NET Applications and Web Services
     Understanding Web Forms
     Creating a Web Form
     Adding Controls
     Data Binding
     Web Services
     SOAP, WSDL, and Discovery
     Building a Web Service
     Creating the Proxy

16. Putting It All Together
     The Overall Design
     Creating the Web Services Client
     Displaying the Output
     Searching by Category

Part III. The CLR and the .NET Framework

17. Assemblies and Versioning
     PE Files
     Metadata
     Security Boundary
     Manifests
     Multimodule Assemblies
     Private Assemblies
     Shared Assemblies

18. Attributes and Reflection
     Attributes
     Reflection

19. Marshaling and Remoting
     Application Domains
     Context
     Remoting

20. Threads and Synchronization
     Threads
     Synchronization
     Race Conditions and Deadlocks

21. Streams
     Files and Directories
     Reading and Writing Data
     Asynchronous I/O
     Network I/O
     Web Streams
     Serialization
     Isolated Storage

22. Programming .NET and COM
     Importing ActiveX Controls
     Importing COM Components
     Exporting .NET Components
     P/Invoke
     Pointers

Appendix: C# Keywords

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