Professional C# 4.0 and .NET 4

This is the ultimate guide to C# 4 and the .NET 4 framework. Updated with more coverage of intermediate and advanced features, new examples, and detailed discussions of recent language and framework additions, this book covers everything you will need to know about C# and putting it to work. You will also find in-depth reviews of various topics including traditional Windows programming, working in Visual Studio 2010 with C#, base Class Libraries, and communication with Enterprise Services among others.

This is the ultimate guide to C# 4 and the .NET 4 framework. Updated with more coverage of intermediate and advanced features, new examples, and detailed discussions of recent language and framework additions, this book covers everything you will need to know about C# and putting it to work. You will also find in-depth reviews of various topics including traditional Windows programming, working in Visual Studio 2010 with C#, base Class Libraries, and communication with Enterprise Services among others.

INTRODUCTION LIPART I: THE C# LANGUAGECHAPTER 1: .NET ARCHITECTURE 3CHAPTER 2: CORE C# 23CHAPTER 3: OBJECTS AND TYPES 65CHAPTER 4: INHERITANCE 89CHAPTER 5: GENERICS 107CHAPTER 6: ARRAYS AND TUPLES 129CHAPTER 7: OPERATORS AND CASTS 151CHAPTER 8: DELEGATES, LAMBDAS, AND EVENTS 183CHAPTER 9: STRINGS AND REGULAR EXPRESSIONS 207CHAPTER 10: COLLECTIONS 225CHAPTER 11: LANGUAGE INTEGRATED QUERY 267CHAPTER 12: DYNAMIC LANGUAGE EXTENSIONS 295CHAPTER 13: MEMORY MANAGEMENT AND POINTERS 307CHAPTER 14: REFLECTION 333CHAPTER 15: ERRORS AND EXCEPTIONS 351PART II: VISUAL STUDIOCHAPTER 16: VISUAL STUDIO 2010 373CHAPTER 17: DEPLOYMENT 407PART III: FOUNDATIONCHAPTER 18: ASSEMBLIES 431CHAPTER 19: INSTRUMENTATION 461CHAPTER 20: THREADS, TASKS, AND SYNCHRONIZATION 491CHAPTER 21: SECURITY 545CHAPTER 22: LOCALIZATION 569CHAPTER 23: SYSTEM.TRANSACTIONS 605CHAPTER 24: NETWORKING 637CHAPTER 25: WINDOWS SERVICES 667CHAPTER 26: INTEROP 695CHAPTER 27: CORE XAML 727CHAPTER 28: MANAGED EXTENSIBILITY FRAMEWORK 747CHAPTER 29: MANIPULATING FILES AND THE REGISTRY 771PART IV: DATACHAPTER 30: CORE ADO.NET 817CHAPTER 31: ADO.NET ENTITY FRAMEWORK 861CHAPTER 32: DATA SERVICES 885CHAPTER 33: MANIPULATING XML 903CHAPTER 34: .NET PROGRAMMING WITH SQL SERVER 955PART V: PRESENTATIONCHAPTER 35: CORE WPF 983CHAPTER 36: BUSINESS APPLICATIONS WITH WPF 1035CHAPTER 37: CREATING DOCUMENTS WITH WPF 1075CHAPTER 38: SILVERLIGHT 1095CHAPTER 39: WINDOWS FORMS 1117CHAPTER 40: CORE ASP.NET 1149CHAPTER 41: ASP.NET FEATURES 1185CHAPTER 42: ASP.NET DYNAMIC DATA AND MVC 1243CHAPTER 43: WINDOWS COMMUNICATION FOUNDATION 1279CHAPTER 44: WINDOWS WORKFLOW FOUNDATION 4 1309CHAPTER 45: PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING 1339CHAPTER 46: MESSAGE QUEUING 1357CHAPTER 47: SYNDICATION 1387APPENDIX: GUIDELINES FOR WINDOWS 7 AND WINDOWS SERVER 2008 R2 1397INDEX 1417