Joseph Albahari & Ben Albahari
C # 7. 0
in a Nutshell
THE DEFINITIVE REFERENCE
7th Edition
Covers .NET Standard 2
C# 7.0
IN A NUTSHELL
Joseph Albahari and Ben Albahari
978-1-491-98765-0
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C# 7.0 in a Nutshell
by Joseph Albahari and Ben Albahari
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Table of Contents
Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
1.
Introducing C# and the .NET Framework. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Object Orientation 1
Type Safety 2
Memory Management 3
Platform Support 3
C# and the CLR 3
The CLR and .NET Framework 4
Other Frameworks 5
A Brief History of C# 8
2.
C# Language Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
A First C# Program 15
Syntax 18
Type Basics 21
Numeric Types 30
Boolean Type and Operators 37
Strings and Characters 39
Arrays 42
Variables and Parameters 46
Expressions and Operators 56
Null Operators 60
Statements 62
Namespaces 71
3.
Creating Types in C#. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Classes 79
Inheritance 96
The object Type 105
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