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Effective C#
50 Specific Ways to Improve
Your C#
Second Edition
Bill Wagner
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wagner, Bill.
Effective C# : 50 specific ways to improve your C# / Bill Wagner.–2nd ed.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-321-65870-8 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. C# (Computer program language) 2. Database management. 3. Microsoft .NET Framework.
I. Title.
QA76.73.C154W343 2010
005.13'3–dc22
2009052199
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ISBN-13: 978-0-321-65870-8
ISBN-10: 0-321-65870-1
Te x t p r i n t e d i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s o n r e c y c l e d p a p e r a t C o u r i e r i n S t o u g h t o n , M a s s a c h u s e t t s .
First printing, March 2010
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To my parents, Bill and Alice Wagner.
They continue to demonstrate great strength and inspiration.
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Contents at a Glance
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Introduction xiii
Chapter 1 C# Language Idioms 1
Chapter 2 .NET Resource Management 69
Chapter 3 Expressing Designs in C# 125
Chapter 4 Working with the Framework 179
Chapter 5 Dynamic Programming in C# 227
Chapter 6 Miscellaneous 275
Index 309
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