October 2012
Intermediate to advanced
882 pages
30h 2m
English
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Chapter 1. Introducing C#
The C# programming language (pronounced “see sharp”) can be used for many kinds of applications, including websites, desktop applications, games, phone apps, and command-line utilities. C# has been center stage for Windows developers for about a decade now, so when Microsoft announced that Windows 8 would introduce a new[1] style of application, optimized for touch-based interaction on tablets, it was no surprise that C# was one of the four languages to offer full support from the start for these applications (the others being C++, JavaScript, and Visual Basic).
Although Microsoft invented C#, the language and its runtime are documented by the standards body ECMA, enabling anyone to implement C#. This is not merely hypothetical. The open source Mono project (http://www.mono-project.com/) provides tools for building C# applications that run on Linux, Mac OS X, iOS, and Android.
Why C#?
Although there are many ways you can use C#, other languages are always an option. Why might you choose C# over them? It will depend on what you need to do, and what you like and dislike in a programming language. I find that C# provides considerable power and flexibility, and works at a high enough level of abstraction that I don’t expend vast amounts of effort on little details not directly related to the problems my programs are trying to solve. (I’m looking at you, C++.)
Much of C#’s power comes from the range of programming techniques it supports. For example, it offers object-oriented ...
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