Review of Mark Michaelis' newest book on the C# language from Addison Wesley's Dot-Net Series.

I already own several books on C# and the .Net Framework, but so far I like the Addison-Wesley series books best.

Just to give you a quick "flavor" of what this book holds in store, here is a condensed listing of the chapters:

Chapter 1: Introducing C#
Chapter 2: Data Types
Chapter 3: Operators and Control Flow
Chapter 4: Methods and Parameters
Chapter 5: Classes
Chapter 6: Inheritance
Chapter 7: Interfaces
Chapter 8: Value Types
Chapter 9: Well-Formed Types
Chapter 10: Exception Handling
Chapter 11: Generics
Chapter 12: Collections
Chapter 13: Delegates and Events
Chapter 14: Reflection and Attributes
Chapter 15: Multithreading
Chapter 16: Multithreading Patterns
Chapter 17: Platform Interoperability and Unsafe Code
Chapter 18: The Common Language Infrastructure
Appendix A: Downloading and Installing the C# Compiler and the CLI Platform
Appendix B: Complete Source Code Listings
Appendix C: C# 2.0 Topics

Michaelis conducts a thorough, basic concise guide to C# - including the features new to C# 2.0. The C# language is covered comprehensively and each important construct is illustrated with good "short but complete" code examples. More complete code examples are available online. Michaelis has organized the material for quick access. You have graphical “mind maps” at the beginning of each chapter that show what material is covered and how each topic relates to the whole.

Major topics covered include:

C# primitive data types, value types, reference types, type conversions, and arrays
Operators and control flow, loops, conditional logic, and sequential programming
Methods, parameters, exception handling, and structured programming
Classes, inheritance, structures, interfaces, and object-oriented programming
Well-formed types, operator overloading, namespaces, and garbage collection
Generics, collections, and iterators
Reflection, attributes, and declarative programming
Threading, synchronization, and multi-threaded patterns
Interoperability and unsafe code
The Common Language Infrastructure that underlies C#

This is a good programmer book - for beginners on up to the intermediate to advanced level, and it is organized in a way that won't frustrate you. If you would like to get a better idea why I like this book, visit the AW site and see more, even download the source code if you like before purchasing the book.

This is 768pp, and $44.99 direct from the publisher. Seasoned online book buyers may be able to find this little treasure at significantly lower prices.

Biography - Peter Bromberg

Peter Bromberg is a C# MVP, MCP, and .NET expert who has worked in banking, financial and telephony for over 20 years. Pete focuses exclusively on the .NET Platform, and currently develops SOA and other .NET applications for a Fortune 500 clientele. Peter enjoys producing digital photo collage with Maya,playing jazz flute, the beach, and fine wines. You can view Peter's UnBlog and IttyUrl sites. Pete Tweets at peterbromberg

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Article: Book Review: Essential C# 2.0 [AW]
Peter Bromberg posted at Friday, September 08, 2006 12:37 PM
	Feel free comment or ask a question.



Feedback about revamped Forums
mv ark replied to Peter Bromberg at Monday, September 11, 2006 2:54 AM
	It would be good if the thread contains a link to the Article so that people viewing any feedback can trace back to the original article. The "My Posts" link to view all postings made by a member, that used to be there in the earlier version is missing. Is it going to come back?



Ok, we'll take a look at that
Robbe Morris replied to mv ark at Monday, September 11, 2006 9:25 AM
	The "My Posts" is in the member details. Perhaps we need to consider moving it.



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