Part 1 Using C# and .NET

In this first part of the book, we’ll take a brief tour of the C# language and talk about some of its features. Chapter 1 covers what C# and .NET are and why you would (and would not) use them for your projects. Chapter 2 dives deeper into the various iterations of .NET and takes a C# method through its compilation process, stopping at each major step along the way.

Although this part is truly the introduction of this book, it still provides invaluable information to somebody familiar with C#. Some of the knowledge introduced in these first two chapters are things you need to know before moving on to more advanced topics.