Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform [electronic resource] / by Andrew Troelsen.

Introducing C# and the .NET Platform -- The Philosophy of .NET -- Building C# Applications -- Core C# Programming Constructs -- Core C# Programming Constructs, Part I -- Core C# Programming Constructs, Part II -- Defining Encapsulated Class Types -- Understanding Inheritance and Polymorphism -- Understanding Structured Exception Handling -- Understanding Object Lifetime -- Advanced C# Programming Constructs -- Working with Interfaces -- Collections and Generics -- Delegates, Events, and Lambdas -- Indexers, Operators, and Pointers -- C# 2008 Language Features -- An Introduction to LINQ -- Programming with .NET Assemblies -- Introducing .NET Assemblies -- Type Reflection, Late Binding, and Attribute-Based Programming -- Processes, AppDomains, and Object Contexts -- Building Multithreaded Applications -- Understanding CIL and the Role of Dynamic Assemblies -- Introducing the .NET Base Class Libraries -- File I/O and Isolated Storage -- Introducing Object Serialization -- ADO.NET Part I: The Connected Layer -- ADO.NET Part II: The Disconnected Layer -- Programming with the LINQ APIs -- Introducing Windows Communication Foundation -- Introducing Windows Workflow Foundation -- Desktop User Interfaces -- Programming with Windows Forms -- Introducing Windows Presentation Foundation and XAML -- Programming with WPF Controls -- WPF 2D Graphical Rendering, Resources, and Themes -- Building Web Applications with ASP.NET -- Building ASP.NET Web Pages -- ASP.NET Web Controls, Themes, and Master Pages -- ASP.NET State Management Techniques.

The first edition of this book was released at the 2001 Tech Ed conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Since that time, this text has been revised, tweaked, and enhanced to account for the changes found within each release of the .NET platform (1.1, 2.0, 3.0 and now 3.5). .NET 3.0 was more of an augmentative release, essentially providing three new APIs: Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF). As you would expect, coverage of the "W's" has been expanded a great deal in this version of the book from the previous Special Edition text. Unlike .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5 provides dozens of C# language features and .NET APIs. This edition of the book will walk you through all of this material using the same readable approach as was found in previous editions. Rest assured, you'll find detailed coverage of Language Integrated Query (LINQ), the C# 2008 language changes (automatic properties, extension methods, anonymous types, etc.) and the numerous bells and whistles of Visual Studio 2008.