This new edition has been comprehensively revised and rewritten to make it accurately reflect the C# 4 language specification for the .NET 4 platform. You'll find new chapters covering the important concepts of dynamic lookups, named and optional arguments, Parallel LINQ (PLINQ), improved COM interop, and variance for generics. This book is for anyone with some software development experience who is interested in the new .NET Framework 4 and the C# language. Whether you are moving to .NET for the first time or are already writing applications on .NET 2.0 or .NET 3.5, this book will provide you with a comprehensive grounding in the new technology and serve as a complete reference throughout your coding career. About The Author: Andrew Troelsen is a partner, trainer, and consultant at Intertech-Inc., and is a leading authority on both .NET and COM. His book Pro C# 2005 and the .NET 2.0 Platform won the prestigious 2003 Referenceware Excellence Award and now in its third edition. Also of note are his earlier five-star treatment of traditional COM in the bestselling Developer's Workshop to COM and ATL mirrored in his book, COM and .NET Interoperability, and his top-notch investigation of VB .NET in Visual Basic .NET and the .NET Platform: An Advanced Guide. Troelsen has a degree in mathematical linguistics and South Asian studies from the University of Minnesota and is a frequent speaker at numerous .NET-related conferences. Table Of Contents: Introduction Part 1: Introducing C# and the .NET Platform ?Chapter 1: The Philosophy of .NET ?Chapter 2: Building C# Applications Part 2: Core C# Programming Constructs ?Chapter 3: Core C# Programming Constructs, Part I ?Chapter 4: Core C# Programming Constructs, Part II ?Chapter 5: Defining Encapsulated Class Types ?Chapter 6: Understanding Inheritance and Polymorphism ?Chapter 7: Understanding Structured Exception Handling ?Chapter 8: Understanding Object Lifetime Part 3: Advanced C# Programming Constructs ?Chapter 9: Wor
Mr. Troelsen is an excellent writer for .NET andragogy! So far (8 Oct 2011, p. 97 of 1509, 1582 if one includes the two appendixes) so good. I have a loooong way to go, but hope to finish by ... I don't know.