Illustrated C# 7: The C# Language Presented Clearly, Concisely, and Visually, 5th Edition

Get to work quickly with C# with a uniquely succinct and visual format used to present the C# 7.0 language. Whether you’re getting to grips with C# for the first time or working to deepen your understanding, you’ll find this book to be a clear and refreshing take on each aspect of the language.

Figures are of prime importance in this book. While teaching programming seminars, Daniel Solis found that he could almost watch the light bulbs going on over the students’ heads as he drew the figures on the whiteboard. In this text, he has distilled each important concept into simple but accurate illustrations. For this latest edition, Dan is joined by fellow experienced teacher and programmer, Cal Schrotenboer, to bring you the very latest C# language features, along with an understanding of the frameworks it most often lives in: .NET and the new .NET Core.

For something as intricate and precise as a programming language, there must be text as well as figures. But rather than long, wordy explanations, the authors use short, concise descriptions and bullet lists to make each important piece of information visually distinct and memorable.

What You’ll Learn

• Start with an overview of C# programming and how the language works under the hood
• Put things in context with a little useful history of C# and .NET
• Know how .NET Core fits into the picture
• Understand how C# handles types
• Benefit from clear, concise explanations of each language feature, from classes and inheritance to enumerators and iterators, and the new C# 7.0 tuples
• Quickly access material via this book’s visual introduction to asynchronous programming with C#

Who This Book Is For

Novice to intermediate C# programmers, and more experienced programmers moving to C# from other languages

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: C# and the .NET Framework
Chapter 2: C# and .NET Core
Chapter 3: Overview of C# Programming
Chapter 4: Types, Storage, and Variables
Chapter 5: Classes: The Basics
Chapter 6: Methods
Chapter 7: More About Classes
Chapter 8: Classes and Inheritance
Chapter 9: Expressions and Operators
Chapter 10: Statements
Chapter 11: Structs
Chapter 12: Enumerations
Chapter 13: Arrays
Chapter 14: Delegates
Chapter 15: Events
Chapter 16: Interfaces
Chapter 17: Conversions
Chapter 18: Generics
Chapter 19: Enumerators and Iterators
Chapter 20: Introduction to LINQ
Chapter 21: Introduction to Asynchronous Programming
Chapter 22: Namespaces and Assemblies
Chapter 23: Exceptions
Chapter 24: Preprocessor Directives
Chapter 25: Reflection and Attributes
Chapter 26: What’s New in C# 6 and 7
Chapter 27: Other Topics