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Released at the Microsoft Tech-Ed conference in Atlanta, Georgia, back in 2001, the first edition of this book coincided with the beta .NET platform and, in many ways, the manuscript was in beta too. Its fresh approach won a place as a 2002 Jolt Award finalist, and it won the 2003 Referenceware Excellence Award in the programming book category. Following the successful earlier editions, author Andrew Troelsen is pleased to announce completion of the fourth edition of his acclaimed book:

“Over the years that I’ve spent working with the common language runtime (CLR), I’ve gained a deeper understanding of the .NET platform and the subtleties of the C# programming language. I’m happy to say that this fourth edition of Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 platform is as close to a ‘final release’ as I’ve come yet!”

Whether you’re moving to .NET for the first time or you’re already writing applications on .NET 2.0 or .NET 3.0, Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform, Fourth Edition will provide you with a solid grounding in this new technology and serve as a comprehensive reference throughout your coding career:

• Explore five new chapters of content—including the grammar of the common intermediate language (CIL), .NET generics, and object serialization services.

• Discover all the new .NET 3.5 features—nullable types, delegate covariance, ASP.NET 2.0 master pages, the new Windows Forms &lquo;Strip” controls, and much more.

• Get a professional foothold—targeted to appeal to experienced software professionals and/or graduate students of computer science (so don’t expect three chapters on iteration or decision constructs!).

• Gain a rock-solid foundation in programming using C#.

• Get comfortable with all the core aspects of the .NET platform—including assemblies, remoting, Windows Forms, Web Forms, ADO.NET, XML web services, and much more.

Once you’ve digested the information contained in the 25 chapters of this 1000+ page book, youll be ready to apply this knowledge to your specific programming assignments and well equipped to explore the .NET universe on your own.

What you’ll learn

• Everything you need to put .NET 3.5 and C# 2008 to use in your professional workbefore anyone else!

• Insights and techniques from the authors experience since .NET 1.0

• Complete coverage of .NET 3.5—WPF, WCF, and WF

Who is this book for?

Anyone with some software development experience interested in the new .NET 3.5 Platformand the C# language. Whether you’re moving to .NET for the first time or youre already writing applications on .NET 2.0 or .NET 3.0, this book will provide you with a solid grounding in this new technology and serve as a comprehensive reference throughout your coding career.

About the Apress Pro Series

The Apress Pro series books are practical, professional tutorials to keep you on and moving up the professional ladder.

You have gotten the job, now you need to hone your skills in these tough competitive times. The Apress Pro series expands your skills and expertise in exactly the areas you need. Master the content of a Pro book, and you will always be able to get the job done in a professional development project. Written by experts in their field, Pro series books from Apress give you the hard-won solutions to problems you will face in your professional programming 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 is 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. He currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with his wife, Amanda, and spends his free time investigating .NET and waiting for the Wild to win the Stanley Cup.

Jan 7, 2008     Joachim Rossberg from Sweden
Perfect reference book
This is very good book on C# 2008 and .NET 3.5. It covers all aspects of the language, as well as WCF, WF and WPF (although not in greatest detail since the book is about C# and not these topics). Although the book is not intended for the first time programmer it will be a great help in learning the C# language. The examples are easy to understand and Troelsen explains complicated topics in an easy to understand way. You could always want more depth in some areas perhaps, but you cant always get all that you want, could you? I have used it (and previous editions) as reference guides helping me in my everyday work. The book will stay with me for a long time.

Dec 17, 2007     Rob Farley from Adelaide, Aus
No wonder this is in the top ten...
This book seems quite long when you pick it up. Plus there's the bonus material you can get, taking the book to much longer. And still there are times when you want it to go just a little deeper into some topics.

But what a great book!

It reads well, so there's no problem going from cover to cover. But as well as that, it's nicely arranged into sensible chapters, so you can come back to it as a reference as well.

Of course it doesn't go very deep into many areas. It's not a book about WCF, but gives a good overview and foundation of it. The same applies for those other .Net 3.5 areas. But this is a book mainly about C#, and it would be three times the length if it tried to comprehensively cover all the rest.

Andrew Troelsen has done a really good job with this book - it's going to be one that I leave (electronically) on my laptop so I can get to it quickly.

Dec 17, 2007     J Pease from Texas
Deserves the "Pro" classification
Visually this book is easy to read. A detailed 37 page index and bold page numbers at the top of the pages make it easy to quickly locate desired information.

Sometimes the term "Pro" is used in the title of books that don't really deserve that classification. In my opinion, this book has very much earned the "Pro" designation. While the C# language is covered in detail, no time is wasted describing what an array or variable is. Another example, the book spends more time explaining how to implement encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism within the language than explaining these basic OO concepts. So if you are new to programming, look elsewhere.

The style of writing might be described as a touch dry. Not much in the way of humor or such, but then again this is a "Pro" book. You are reading it for information, not entertainment.

In many respects this book is a two in one deal. The first ~450 pages are a thorough coverage of the C# language. The remainder being an extensive look at the .NET framework.

In short I would describe the book as a very comprehensive guide to C# 2008 and the 3.5 version of the .NET framework recommend it highly.

Nov 30, 2007     Edward
#1 bible on .NET Framework Fundamentals
After the recent release of Visual Studio 2008 and .NET framework 3.5, I was eager to get my hands on a book that would allow me to quickly grasp all the new features in C# 2008. As always I look to the professional series on .NET from APress. This book is the first one I picked out because its previous edition covering C# 2005 and .NET Framework 3.0 is one of my favorite .NET books.

This new edition offers readers a good understanding of all the C# 2008 language features and solid fundamentals of LINQ. It also expands on many of the topics found in the previous edition. You'll find much more in-depth coverage of the .NET framework 3.0 material such WCF, WF and WPF. With a whooping 1370 pages divided into 33 chapters that cover various building blocks of .NET framework, this book is no doubt my #1 bible of .NET framework fundamentals. If this is not enough, you'll find an additional five chapters for free on APress site.

I highly recommand this book not only to professional .NET developers but also someone who's just starting on .NET.

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