- Paperback: 424 pages
- Publisher: Manning Publications; Pap/Psc edition (April 28 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1933988363
- ISBN-13: 978-1933988368
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 18.9 x 2.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 680 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #190,358 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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C# in Depth is a completely new book designed to propel existing C# developers to a higher level of programming skill. One simple principle drives this book: explore a few things deeply rather than offer a shallow view of the whole C# landscape. If you often find yourself wanting just a little more at the end of a typical chapter, this is the book for you.
Expert author Jon Skeet dives into the C# language, plumbing new C# 2 and 3 features and probing the core C# language concepts that drive them. This unique book puts the new features into context of how C# has evolved without a lengthy rehearsal of the full C# language.
C# in Depth briefly examines the history of C# and the .NET framework and reviews a few often-misunderstood C# 1 concepts that are very important as the foundation for fully exploiting C# 2 and 3. Because the book addresses C# 1 with a light touch, existing C# developers don't need to pick through the book in order to find new material to enhance their skills.
This book focuses on the C# 2 and 3 versions of the language, but clearly explains where features are supported by changes in the runtime (CLR) or use new framework classes. Each feature gets a thorough explanation, along with a look on how you'd use it in real life applications.
C# in Depth is both a vehicle for learning C# 2 and 3 and a reference work. Although the coverage is in-depth, the text is always accessible: You'll explore pitfalls that can trip you up, but you'll skip over gnarly details best left to the language specification. The overall effect is that readers become not just proficient in C# 2 and 3, but comfortable that they truly understand the language.
About the Author
Jon Skeet has worked with C# since 2002, and has been a Microsoft C# MVP since October 2003. He has spent a great amount of time in the C# community answering questions in newsgroups as well as writing articles on the most misunderstood aspects of C# and .NET. After having read tens of thousands of questions over the years, Jon has developed a deep insight into the areas that developers have trouble with, as well as what they're trying to achieve. A keen reader of specifications, Jon aims to understand the language at the deepest level, which enables him to provide a detailed exposition of C#, including a few dark corners which can trip up the unwary developer.
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Go Deep with C#,
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This review is from: C# in Depth: What you need to master C# 2 and 3 (Paperback)
This excellent book by Jon Skeet goes into the gory details of the workings of new features in C# 2 and 3. You need to have a solid grasp of the basics of C# for this book to be useful to you.One of my favourite things about this book is that it goes into the "why" and "when" not just the "how". You learn why certain features work the way they do and also some tips as to when to use (or not use) the features. Since almost all new features in C# 3 are related to LINQ, many pages are dedicated to this subject. I bought "LINQ in Action" first but now think that "C# in Depth" may cover LINQ in enough detail to render another LINQ book unnecessary. Skeet's writing style is casual but we don't get distracted by asides. He's a skilled teacher and great at explaining the more arcane aspects of the language. Highly recommended.
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4.8 out of 5 stars (42 customer reviews) 30 of 33 people found the following review helpful
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An excellent non-beginners C# book,
By Andy Warhol - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: C# in Depth: What you need to master C# 2 and 3 (Paperback)
I know these comments are going to give the impression of being one of those "independent" reviews that often get put up on Amazon shortly after a book is released. Those reviews all give the book in question five stars to make sure the author makes a few quick sales until people find out the real story about it...but this isn't one of those...it's actually a truthful review!C# In Depth is an excellent, bordering on brilliant, examination of C#2 and C#3. The author clearly understands the C# language at a very deep level and has the gift to be able to communicate his understanding in a way that really gets through to the average developer like you and me. Jon Skeet starts with the assumption that you already understand the basics of C#1. He then deliberately skips over the usual route of discussing the .NET framework libraries, instead concentrating exclusively on the C# language itself. He is therefore able to focus his book on reaching deep into the C# language itself....certainly to a level that I've never seen any other book come close to. What I especially liked was the author's own free little tool for running his code snippets. Instead of getting bogged down in masses of unnecessary supplementary code to demonstrate a simple point, "Snippy" allows you to just enter the few lines you really want to understand and play with - and then it takes care of compiling and running them for you...a really neat idea. I always say that there's a simple way to tell if someone is really an expert in something....ask them to explain something complex. The pseudo-expert will only be able to explain complex topics using complex jargon and complex analogies. The real expert can explain complex topics using simple language and simple analogies...and this book demonstrates that the author is a real expert! An excellent advanced C# book. 12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Detailed and technical yet a joy to read!,
By keith "keithflo" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: C# in Depth: What you need to master C# 2 and 3 (Paperback)
Simply stated, this is an excellent C# book.Its NOT for beginners ... but, if you are coming to C# from another language (like Java) or you know some C# but want to get a thorough understanding of features .. like .. how to write and use delegates(p. 34) ... What are generic type constraints? Why would I want to use them? (p. 75) ... then this book is what you need. I love the writing. Its detailed and technical yet a joy to read. Even some light humor! Excellent! I'm a Java developer and was looking for a good C# book and I stumbled upon the author's blog (and this book) while looking for reviews of another C# book I was considering ... this, out of the C# books I've seen, has the best combination of detailed coverage and good readable writing. IMHO. 15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simply a must-have for C#,
By Marc Gravell - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: C# in Depth: What you need to master C# 2 and 3 (Paperback)
Most "C#" books are actually books about the .NET framework (and the various core classes) using C# as the language for examples. Not this book; instead, this is truly a book about C# itself, touching on the framework only where necessary to explain the language design.There are a lot of language features introduced in C# 2 and C# 3, and the simple fact is that many of these generally aren't fully understood by most developers. This book could truly change that. I consider myself an experienced C# developer, yet C# in Depth showed me depths (*useful* depths) I simply didn't know - even in the C# 2 areas that I thought I understood well. It also covers a lot of the language specifics surrounding LINQ (that being the main goal of C# 3), which I would consider essential for anyone serious about .NET 3.5 / VS2008. A deeper understanding of the language is incredibly useful; especially when trying to understand why something isn't behaving as you expected (a prime example being the subtleties of "captured variables"). But equally, knowing how to work *with* the language (rather than against it) is key to robust and reusable designs. For example, the ability to use a more functional programming style in C# 3 (and what that means...). And yet somehow, Jon manages to cover this technical vista while keeping the tone easily approachable, engaging, and even entertaining. Not a small challenge. All in all, highly recommended: it will make you a better C# developer. |
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