Effective C#, Second Edition, follows a clear format that makes it indispensable to hundreds of thousands of developers: clear, practical explanations, expert tips, and plenty of realistic code examples. Drawing on his unsurpassed C# experience, Wagner addresses everything from types to resource management to dynamic typing to multicore support in the C# language and the .NET framework. Along the way, he shows how to avoid common pitfalls in the C# language and the .NET environment. You’ll learn how to

• Use both types of C# constants for efficiency and maintainability (see Item 2)
• Employ immutable data types to promote multicore processing (see Item 20)
• Minimize garbage collection, boxing, and unboxing (see Items 16 and 45)
• Take full advantage of interfaces and delegates (see Items 22 though 25)
• Make the most of the parallel framework (see Items 35 through 37)
• Use duck typing in C# (see Item 38)
• Spot the advantages of the dynamic and Expression types over reflection (see Items 42 and 43)
• Assess why query expressions are better than loops (see Item 8)
• Understand how generic covariance and contravariance affect your designs (see Item 29)
• See how optional parameters can minimize the number of method overloads (see Item 10)

You’re already a successful C# programmer–this book will help you become an outstanding one.

• Comprehensively and concisely explains both C# 2008 and C# 2010 features
• Focuses on the language itself and on how to use C# 2010 proficiently for all .NET application development.
• Concentrates on how C# features work and how to best use them for robust, high-performance code

What you’ll learn

• How C# works with and exploits the CLR
• How to use arrays, collections, and iterators
• How to handle events with delegates and anonymous functions
• How to design and use generic types and methods
• How to thread efficiently and robustly
• How C# anonymous types, lamba expressions, and extension methods work and how to use them

Who is this book for?

If you’re an experienced C# programmer, you need to understand how C# has changed with C# 2010. If you’re an experienced object-oriented programmer moving to C#, you want to ramp up quickly in the language while learning the latest features and techniques. In either case, this book is for you. The first three chapters succinctly present C# fundamentals, for those new to or reviewing C#. The rest of the book covers all the major C# features, in great detail, explaining how they work and how best to use them. Whatever your background or need, you’ll treasure this book for as long as you code in C# 2010.

About the Apress Accelerated Series

You already know your industry, but you need to accelerate your skills in a particular area and reach best practices standards in one step. The Apress Accelerated Series of books will ramp you up quickly to industry standards in the area of your choice, by accelerating you through core information and using the professional’s pace to cover best practices and special extras that only a more experienced programmer in the area could give you.