Contents at a Glance
About the Author...................................................................................................liii
About the Technical Reviewer .............................................................................. liv
Acknowledgments ................................................................................................. lv
Introduction .......................................................................................................... lvi
Part I: Introducing C# and .NET Platform................................................................1
Chapter 1: The Philosophy of .NET..........................................................................3
Chapter 2: Building C# Applications .....................................................................39
Part II: Core C# Programming...............................................................................71
Chapter 3: Core C# Programming Constructs, Part I ............................................73
Chapter 4: Core C# Programming Constructs, Part II .........................................121
Part III: Object-Oriented Programming with C#..................................................161
Chapter 5: Understanding Encapsulation ...........................................................163
Chapter 6: Understanding Inheritance and Polymorphism.................................213
Chapter 7: Understanding Structured Exception Handling .................................253
Chapter 8: Working with Interfaces....................................................................281
Part IV: Advanced C# Programming ...................................................................319
Chapter 9: Collections and Generics ...................................................................321
Chapter 10: Delegates, Events, and Lambda Expressions ..................................359
Chapter 11: Advanced C# Language Features ....................................................399
Chapter 12: LINQ to Objects ................................................................................439
Chapter 13: Understanding Object Lifetime ........................................................473
Part V: Programming with .NET Assemblies.......................................................501
Chapter 14: Building and Configuring Class Libraries ........................................503
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