C# Developer's Headstart 9780072191165, 0072191163

Table of contents :
About the Authors......Page 3
Copyright......Page 5
Contents at a Glance......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
CHAPTER 1. Introduction to C#......Page 16
The Component-based Model of Software Design......Page 17
The .NET Approach to Component-based Software Development......Page 20
What Is the .NET Framework......Page 21
Why C#......Page 26
What Is C#......Page 28
CHAPTER 2. C# Language Review......Page 30
A Simple C# Program......Page 31
C# Types and Type Management......Page 33
Object-oriented Component Development in C#......Page 43
Namespaces in C#......Page 72
Exceptions......Page 74
Attributes......Page 76
Indexers......Page 77
Writing Unsafe Code......Page 80
Documenting Code Using XML......Page 81
C# Coding Style......Page 83
CHAPTER 3. .NET, the Operating Environment for C#......Page 84
Microsoft IL......Page 85
.NET Building Blocks......Page 91
Building Modules and Assemblies......Page 93
Robust Version Control......Page 94
Built-in Metadata......Page 99
Cross-language Interoperability......Page 108
Common Language Specification......Page 109
Common Type System......Page 110
Object-oriented......Page 111
Memory Management Through Garbage Collection......Page 113
Thread Synchronization......Page 122
CHAPTER 4. C# Language Comparisons......Page 124
Comparing C# to C++......Page 125
Comparing C# to Visual Basic.NET......Page 142
Comparing C# to Java......Page 147
CHAPTER 5. Working Within the Bounds of C#......Page 158
Deterministic Finalization......Page 159
Multiple Inheritance......Page 169
Macros......Page 177
Templates......Page 179
Source Code Security......Page 181
CHAPTER 6. Integrating Legacy Code with C#......Page 182
Integration Approaches......Page 183
Calling COM Objects from C#......Page 184
The COM Callable Wrapper,Calling .NET Objects from COM......Page 192
Data Marshalling......Page 211
Platform Invocation Services,Calling Unmanaged APIs from C#......Page 214
Interoperability Through Managed C++......Page 216
Migrating Code......Page 225
Summary......Page 226
Index......Page 228
INTERNATIONAL CONTACT INFORMATION......Page 241