C# 4.0 in a nutshell
by Joseph Albahari · first published 2010
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What people are saying about C♯ 4.0 in a Nutshell"C♯ 4.0 in a Nutshell is one of the few books I keep on my desk as a quick reference. It is a book I recommend."--Scott Guthrie, Corporate Vice President, .NET Developer Platform, Microsoft Corporation"A must-read for a concise but thorough examination of the parallel programming features in the .NET Framework 4."--Stephen Toub, Parallel Computing Platform Program Manager, Microsoft"This wonderful book is a great reference for developers of all levels."--Chris Burrows, C♯ Compiler Team, MicrosoftWhen you have questions about how to use C♯ 4.0 o.
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Anyone looking for a C# reference, can't go past this one... "C# 4.0 in a Nutshell" http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596800963.do Australia-based Joe Albahari who wrote it is the author of the free 'LinqPad' tool.
on “Save 50% on all oreilly's ebooks and videos (today only)” ↗…http://www.informit.com/title/0321485890 Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries, 2e, By Krzysztof Cwalina, Brad Abrams http://www.informit.com/title/0321545613 C# 5.0 in a Nutshell, 5e, The Definitive Reference, By Joseph Albahari, Ben Albahari http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920023951.do Debugging Applications for Microsoft® .NET and Microsoft Windows®, John Robbins (This…
on “Top Books Every .NET Developer Should Own” ↗…Software was one of the most formative books for my programming self education. I've tried to loan it to several of my friends more than once, and it was a gift to me. Also had a strange case of loaning out C# 4.0 in a Nutshell and never getting it back, but I would do it again (with an updated version). Albahari is good at writing a reference without being too boring, and C# has some legitimately interesting sides in how it…
on “Ask HN: What book have you given as a gift?” ↗…well, I don't think there's a book that goes in very deep on that. For generally writing modern C# using .NET, I like Code like a Pro in C# by Jort Rodenburg. For a quick tour of modern C# features C# 12 in a Nutshell by Albahari is basically the reference guide. 12 is the latest, grab any of them from probably 7 up for a decently modern take.
on “Ask HN: Modern C# book for experienced developers?” ↗I like this book (C# 5.0 in a Nutshell) http://it-ebooks.info/book/831/ I would recommend it if you think you already know C# basics and want to learn more advanced stuff.
on “C# Tutorials” ↗The best page-turner C# book I have ever read is "C# 4.0 in a Nutshell." This book comes from the guys who developed the awesome LINQPad. The book is filled with awesome nuggets and examples that were totally new to me. A lot of .NET books just read like msdn documentation.…
on “Which programming book you just couldn’t stop reading from start to end?” ↗O'Reilly, C# 5.0 In A Nutshell http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920023951.do
on “Best development book I've read, has no code in it” ↗…currently having, or a to be exposed to a bit of interesting trivia. I find books to be far superior if you want to maximize your knowledge ingestion for a given set of time. I once tried to give somebody my C# 4.0 In a Nutshell book when I upgrade to the 5.0 book. "Why do I need that, I can just look at MSDN?". Hrmm.
on “Why can’t we read anymore?” ↗That one is on my to-read list. Only hear good things about that book. And I see that C# 12 in a nutshell is just released.
on “The era of American computer magazines has drawn to a close” ↗