Introduction

Targeted audience

This book is meant for Java developers who want to learn the C# language as quickly as possible. Basic familiarity with the Java language syntax and semantics, and an academic foundation in object-oriented programming are assumed. (Don't worry, you don't have to be an expert! And you don't need to read this book with a Java reference companion.)

Software prerequisites

In order to try out the C# codes in this book, you will need a copy of .NET SDK[2] or VS .NET from Microsoft. The .NET SDK and .NET Framework will be installed when you install VS .NET. If you are not using VS .NET, you may want to get a color-coded text editor instead of using Notepad for coding purposes.

[2] Can be downloaded from http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework ...

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