Professional C# 5.0

Whether you're a C# guru or transitioning from C/C++, staying up to date is critical to your success. Professional C# 5.0 and .NET 4.5.1 is your go-to guide for navigating the programming environment for the Windows platform. After a quick refresher of the C# basics, the team of expert authors dives in to C# 5.0 and updates for NET 4.5.1. Includes:

• Different behaviors for .NET 4.5.1 and the changes to Visual Studio 2013
• Changes to ASP.NET Core, Web Forms, MVC, and Web API
• Updated Windows 8 deployments and localization, event logs, and data flow
• Shuffling of ADO.NET Entity Framework
• Additions to Windows Workflow Foundation
• New Windows Runtime 2.0 updates

Part I: The C# Language

Chapter 1: .NET Architecture 3

Chapter 2: Core C# 23

Chapter 3: Objects and Types 65

Chapter 4: Inheritance 89

Chapter 5: Generics 107

Chapter 6: Arrays and Tuples 129

Chapter 7: Operators and Casts 151

Chapter 8: Delegates, Lambdas, and Events 183

Chapter 9: Strings and Regular Expressions 209

Chapter 10: Collections 229

Chapter 11: Language Integrated Query 279

Chapter 12: Dynamic Language Extensions 313

Chapter 13: Asynchronous Programming 325

Chapter 14: Memory Management and Pointers 347

Chapter 15: Reflection 373

Chapter 16: Errors and Exceptions 391

Chapter 17: Visual Studio 2013 415

Chapter 18: Deployment 469

Chapter 19: Assemblies 489

Chapter 20: Diagnostics 521

Chapter 21: Tasks, Threads, and Synchronization 555

Chapter 22: Security 605

Chapter 23: Interop 631

Chapter 24: Manipulating Files and the Registry 665

Chapter 25: Transactions 709

Chapter 26: Networking 741

Chapter 27: Windows Services 773

Chapter 28: Localization 805

Chapter 29: Core XAM L 847

Chapter 30: Managed Extensibility Framework 865

Chapter 31: Windows Runtime 895

Chapter 32: Core ADO .NET 919

Chapter 33: ADO .NET Entity Framework 965

Chapter 34: Manipulating XM L 997

Chapter 35: Core WPF 1051

Chapter 36: Business Applications with WPF 1103

Chapter 37: Creating Documents with WPF 1155

Chapter 38: Windows Store App s: User Interface 1177

Chapter 39: Windows Store App s: Contracts and

Chapter 40: Core AS P.NET 1223

Chapter 41: AS P.NET Web Forms 1253

Chapter 42: AS P.NET MV C 1297

Chapter 43: Windows Communication Foundation 1339

Chapter 44: AS P.NET Web API 1381

Chapter 45: Windows Workflow Foundation 1407

Chapter 46: Peer-to-Peer Networking 1433

Chapter 47: Message Queuing 1447

Index 1479

Christian Nagel is software architect with more than 20 years of development experience. He is a Microsoft Certified Trainer, Professional Developer, and Microsoft MVP for Visual C#.

Jay Glynn started writing software more than 20 years ago. He currently works for VGT as a software engineer writing server-based software.

Morgan Skinner has programmed in C# and .NET since 2000; he joined Microsoft in 2001.