C# in Depth, Second Edition

Acknowledgments

You might expect that writing the second edition of a book is easier than writing the first: just add another few chapters, make some modifications to the existing ones, and you’re done, right? If that sounds plausible, think about writing code for a new project compared with trying to modify an existing application. Now imagine doing it without a compiler or unit tests. Fortunately, although there are precious few ways of really testing the quality of a book, I have been lucky enough to have a great set of people supporting me and keeping the book on the straight and narrow.

Most importantly, my family have put up with me spending evenings writing, rewriting, editing, indexing, and generally not being with them as much as I’d ...