C# 5.0 Programmer's Reference E-Book

Rod Stephens

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 1279

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2014

Beschreibung

Stay ahead of the game with this comprehensive guide to the C# programming language Well-known C# expert Rod Stephens gives novice and experienced developers a comprehensive tutorial and reference to standard C#. This new title fully covers the latest C# language standard, C# 5.0, as well as its implementation in the 2013 release of Visual Studio. The author provides exercises and solutions; and his C# Helper website will provide readers and students with ongoing support. This resource is packed with tips, tricks, tutorials, examples, and exercises and is the perfect professional companion for programmers who want to stay ahead of the game. Author Rod Stephens is a well-known programming authority and has written more than 25 programming books covering C#, Java, VB, and other languages. His books have sold more than 150,000 copies in multiple editions. This book's useful exercises and solutions are designed to support training and higher education adoptions. * Learn the full range of C# programming language features * Quickly locate information for specific language features in the reference section * Familiarize yourself with handling data types, variables, constants, and much more * Experiment with editing and debugging code and using LINQ Beginning through intermediate-level programmers will benefit from the accessible style of C# 5.0 Programmer's Reference and will have access to its comprehensive range of more advanced topics. Additional support and complementary material are provided at the C# Helper website, www.csharphelper.com. Stay up-to-date and improve your programming skills with this invaluable resource.

Leseprobe

CONTENTS

Part I: The C# Ecosystem

Chapter 1: The C# Environment

Visual Studio

The C# Compiler

The CLR

The .NET Framework

Summary

Exercises

Chapter 2: Writing a First Program

Types of Projects

Console Applications

Windows Forms Applications

WPF Applications

Windows Store Applications

Summary

Exercises

Chapter 3: Program and Code File Structure

Hidden Files

Preprocessor Directives

Code File Structure

Comments

Summary

Exercises

Part II: C# Language Elements

Chapter 4: Data Types, Variables, and Constants

Data Types

Variable Declaration Syntax

Initialization

Literal Type Characters

Data Type Conversion

Scope

Parameter Declarations

Properties

Enumerations

Nullable Types

Delegates

Summary

Exercises

Chapter 5: Operators

Arithmetic Operators

Comparison Operators

Logical Operators

Bitwise Operators

Conditional and Null-coalescing Operators

Assignment Operators

Operator Precedence

The StringBuilder Class

DateTime and TimeSpan Operations

Operator Overloading

Summary

Exercises

Chapter 6: Methods

Method Declarations

Extension Methods

Lambda Expressions

Variance

Asynchronous Methods

Summary

Exercises

Chapter 7: Program Control Statements

Decision Statements

Looping Statements

Summary

Exercises

Chapter 8: LINQ

Basic LINQ Query Syntax

Advanced LINQ Query Syntax

Other LINQ Methods

LINQ Extension Methods

LINQ to Objects

LINQ to XML

LINQ to ADO.NET

PLINQ

Summary

Exercises

Chapter 9: Error Handling

Bugs Versus Undesirable Conditions

try catch Blocks

Summary

Exercises

Chapter 10: Tracing and Debugging

The Debug Menu

The Debug ⇒ Windows Submenu

The Breakpoints Window

The Immediate Window

Trace Listeners

Summary

Exercises

Part III: Object-Oriented Programming

Chapter 11: OOP Concepts

Classes

Encapsulation

Inheritance

Polymorphism

Summary

Exercises

Chapter 12: Classes and Structures

Classes

Structures

Constructors

Structure Instantiation Details

Garbage Collection

Events

Static Methods

Summary

Exercises

Chapter 13: Namespaces

Collisions in .NET

The using Directive

The Default Namespace

Making Namespaces

Resolving Namespaces

The global Namespace

Summary

Exercises

Chapter 14: Collection Classes

Arrays

System.Collections

Dictionaries

CollectionsUtil

Stacks and Queues

Generic Collections

Collection Initializers

Iterators

Summary

Exercises

Chapter 15: Generics

Advantages of Generics

Defining Generics

Instantiating Generic Classes

Generic Collection Classes

Generic Methods

Generics and Extension Methods

Summary

Exercises

Part IV: Interacting with the Environment

Chapter 16: Printing

Windows Forms Printing

WPF Printing

Summary

Exercises

Chapter 17: Configuration and Resources

Environment Variables

Registry

Configuration Files

Resource Files

Summary

Exercises

Chapter 18: Streams

Stream

FileStream

MemoryStream

BinaryReader and BinaryWriter

TextReader and TextWriter

StringReader and StringWriter

StreamReader and StreamWriter

Exists, OpenText, CreateText, and AppendText

Custom Stream Classes

Summary

Exercises

Chapter 19: File System Objects

Filesystem Permissions

.NET Framework Classes

Using the Recycle Bin

Summary

Exercises

Chapter 20: Networking

Networking Classes

Downloading Information

Uploading Information

Getting FTP Information

Sending E-mail

Sending Text Messages

Summary

Exercises

Part V: Advanced Topics

Chapter 21: Regular Expressions

Building Regular Expressions

Using Regular Expressions

Summary

Exercises

Chapter 22: Parallel Programming

Interacting with the User Interface

BackgroundWorker

Tasks

Threads

Coordinating Tasks

Thread-Safe Objects

Summary

Exercises

Chapter 23: ADO.NET

Selecting a Database

Using Bound Controls

Loading DataSets

Using ADO.NET

Summary

Exercises

Chapter 24: XML

Writing XML Data

Reading XML Data

Related Technologies

Summary

Exercises

Chapter 25: Serialization

XML Serialization

JSON Serialization

Binary Serialization

Summary

Exercises

Chapter 26: Reflection

Learning About Classes

Getting and Setting Properties

Getting Assembly Information

Invoking Methods

Running Scripts

Summary

Exercises

Chapter 27: Cryptography

Cryptographic Operations

Randomness

Symmetric Key Encryption

Asymmetric Key Encryption

Summary

Exercises

Part VI: Appendices

Appendix A: Solutions to Exercises

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Appendix B: Data Types

Casting and Converting Values

Parsing Values

Appendix C: Variable Declarations

Initialization Expressions

Using

Enumerated Type Declarations

Appendix D: Constant Declarations

Appendix E: Operators

Arithmetic Operators

Comparison Operators

Logical Operators

Bitwise Operators

Assignment Operators

Conditional and Null-coalescing Operators

Operator Precedence

DateTime and TimeSpan Operators

Operator Overloading

Appendix F: Method Declarations

Methods

Property Procedures

Lambda Functions and Expressions

Extension Methods

Appendix G: Useful Attributes

Useful XML Serialization Attributes

Useful JSON Serialization Attributes

Binary Serialization Attributes

Other Useful Attributes

Appendix H: Control Statements

Decision Statements

Looping Statements

Appendix I: Error Handling

Appendix J: LINQ

Basic LINQ Query Syntax

LINQ Functions

LINQ to XML

LINQ to ADO.NET

PLINQ

Appendix K: Classes and Structures

Classes

Structures

Constructors

Destructors

Events

Appendix L: Collection Classes

Arrays

Collections

Iterators

Appendix M: Generic Declarations

Generic Classes

Generic Methods

Appendix N: Printing and Graphics

Windows Forms Printing

WPF Printing

Appendix O: Useful Exception Classes

Standard Exception Classes

Custom Exception Classes

Appendix P: Date and Time Format Specifiers

Standard Format Specifiers

Custom Format Specifiers

Appendix Q: Other Format Specifiers

Standard Numeric Format Specifiers

Custom Numeric Format Specifiers

Numeric Formatting Sections

Composite Formatting

Enumerated Type Formatting

Appendix R: Streams

Stream Class Summary

Stream

BinaryReader and BinaryWriter

TextReader and TextWriter

StringReader and StringWriter

StreamReader and StreamWriter

Text File Stream Methods

Appendix S: Filesystem Classes

Framework Classes

Special Folders

Recycle Bin

Appendix T: Regular Expressions

Creating Regular Expressions

Regular Expression Options

Using Regular Expressions

Appendix U: Parallel Programming

Interacting with the User Interface

PLINQ

BackgroundWorker

TPL

Tasks

Threads

Appendix V: XML

Special Characters

Writing XML Data

Reading XML Data

Related Technologies

Appendix W: Serialization

XML Serialization

JSON Serialization

Binary Serialization

Appendix X: Reflection

Type

MemberInfo

EventInfo

MethodInfo

FieldInfo

PropertyInfo

ParameterInfo

Titlepage

Copyright

About the Author

About the Technical Editor

Credits

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Who Should Read This Book

Approach

Which Edition of Visual Studio Should You Use?

How This Book Is Organized

How to Use This Book

Necessary Equipment

Conventions

Source Code

Errata

p2p.wrox.com

Important URLs

Advertisement

End-User License Agreement

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Part IThe C# Ecosystem

Chapter 1

: The C# Environment

Chapter 2

: Writing a First Program

Chapter 3

: Program and Code File Structure

Chapter 1The C# Environment

What’s in This Chapter

IL and the CLR

JIT compiling

Programs and assemblies

The .NET Framework

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