C# in Depth, Fourth Edition

Chapter 1. Survival of the sharpest

This chapter covers

• How C#’s rapid evolution has made developers more productive
• Selecting minor versions of C# to use the latest features
• Being able to run C# in more environments
• Benefitting from an open and engaged community
• The book’s focus on old and new C# versions

Choosing the most interesting aspects of C# to introduce here was difficult. Some are fascinating but are rarely used. Others are incredibly important but are now commonplace to C# developers. Features such as async/await are great in many ways but are hard to describe briefly. Without further ado, let’s look at how far C# has come over time.

1.1. An evolving language

In previous editions of this book, I provided a ...