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C# Essentials

By Ben Albahari, Peter Drayton, Brad Merrill
February 2001
Pages: 216
ISBN 10: 0-596-00079-0 | ISBN 13: 9780596000790
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Concise but thorough, C# Essentials introduces the brand-new Microsoft C# programming language and the Microsoft .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR) and Base Class Libraries (BCL) that support it. The compact format and terse presentation of key concepts serve as a roadmap to the online documentation included with the Microsoft .NET Framework SDK; the many examples provide much-needed context.
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Concise but thorough, C# Essentials introduces the brand-new Microsoft C# programming language and the Microsoft .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR) and Base Class Libraries (BCL) that support it. The compact format and terse presentation of key concepts serve as a roadmap to the online documentation included with the Microsoft .NET Framework SDK; the many examples provide much-needed context.

In addition to overviews of C#, the CLR, and the BCL, C# Essentials includes coverage of:

  • Every C# language element and its syntax, in reference format
  • The major C# datatypes, with code examples
  • Basic C# programming tasks
  • Interoperations with legacy Win32 APIs and COM components, and the use of C/C++ style pointers within the managed context of the CLR.


C# Essentials is an inexpensive way for experienced programmers to get up to speed quickly on the language best suited to developing web applications and services on the new Microsoft .NET platform.

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C# Essentials Review,  August 16 2001
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Submitted by Brian R. Bondy   [Respond | View]

A good book and short way to learn the language's syntax and semantics.


C# Essentials Review,  April 28 2001
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Submitted by John Archer   [Respond | View]

This book was a very intense, exciting read. Very thorough in a short amount of pages. Just enough to get you started effectively. The examples are great, after a two-day long read I'm already up and running with C# now! I would not recommend this book to beginning programmers, a solid C or C++ background is needed. Great Book!


C# Essentials Review,  April 09 2001
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Submitted by Josef Knaus   [Respond | View]

This book reminds me to the C-Reference from Kernighan & Ritchie, to the C++ Reference from Stroustrup.

I am almost sure that I will use it for C# as often as the two described. It gives a very good overview about C# and organized in only 180 pages.



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Media reviews "C# Essentials is the first book to be published on the language that is more than a rushed out volume that contains little more than a list of syntax definitions that you could learn just as easily from the supplied documentation C# Essentials is currently the best book available on the subject and ideally suited to the existing Java, C++ or Visual Basic programmer." --vsj.net: The Independent Source for .net Developers

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