C# in a Nutshell

Acknowledgments

This book would not be possible without the contribution and support of many individuals, including family, friends, and the hard-working folks at O’Reilly & Associates, Inc.

Brian Jepson and Lenny Muellner developed the programs responsible for generating Part IV and the Type, Method, Property Event, and Field Index. Brian also developed the namespace maps that are found in the overviews that begin each chapter of the Reference with input from Ted and Peter. Peter Drayton developed the program that generated material for Appendix E. Ted Neward, Matthew MacDonald, Martin Smith, Steve Spainhour, and Brian Jepson wrote the more than 700 insightful namespace and type descriptions that make the API reference so valuable.

Brad Merrill of Microsoft wrote the sections on regular expressions and provided content for Appendix A.

Brad Abrams and members of his .NET Framework team contributed to the design of the API reference and provided technical review that immeasurably improved its quality. Additional technical review of the manuscript was provided by Joe Nalewabau and Kerry Loynd of Microsoft.

Peter Drayton

Above all, I’d like to thank my wife Julie DuBois, who never fails to make days spent without .NET even more wonderful than days spent with .NET. I’d also like to thank Ben Albahari, for charging the C# and .NET hill with me for the second time in less than 18 months; Ted Neward, who played the role of the cavalry, arriving at an opportune time and making the back half ...