For Holly, with much, much love
Copyright
Brief Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Praise for the First Edition
More Praise for the First Edition
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
About this Book
1. Preparing for the Journey
Chapter 1. The changing face of C# development
Chapter 2. Core foundations: building on C# 1
2. C# 2: Solving the Issues of C# 1
Chapter 3. Parameterized typing with generics
Chapter 4. Saying nothing with nullable types
Chapter 5. Fast-tracked delegates
Chapter 6. Implementing iterators the easy way
Chapter 7. Concluding C# 2: the final features
3. C# 3: Revolutionizing How We Code
Chapter 8. Cutting fluff with a smart compiler
Chapter 9. Lambda expressions and expression trees
Chapter 10. Extension methods
Chapter 11. Query expressions and LINQ to Objects
Chapter 12. LINQ beyond collections
4. C# 4: Playing Nicely with Others
Chapter 13. Minor changes to simplify code
Chapter 14. Dynamic binding in a static language
Chapter 15. Letting your code speak more clearly with Code Contracts
Chapter 16. Whither now?
Appendix A. LINQ standard query operators
Appendix B. Generic collections in .NET
Appendix C. Version summaries
Index
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Listings