Overview of C# 4.0 How-To

This book is very different from a typical “bible” approach to a topic. By structuring the book as a “how-to,” it presents the material by scenario in steps that are easily followed. Throughout, I have tried to keep the explanatory text to the minimum necessary and keep the focus on the code itself. Often, you will find comments embedded in the code to explain nonobvious bits.

This book is not strictly a language/library book. Besides covering the language features themselves, it dives into practical examples of application patterns, useful algorithms, and handy tips that are applicable in many situations.

Developers, both beginner and advanced, will find hundreds of useful topics in this book. Whether it’s a section on lesser-known C# operators, how to sort strings that contain numbers in them, or how to implement Undo, this book contains recipes that are useful in a wide variety of situations, regardless of skill level.

In short, this is the book I wish I had on my desk when I was first learning programming and C# as well as now, whenever I need a quick reference or reminder about how to do something.