spine = 1.64” CLR via C# Dig deep and master the intricacies of the common language runtime, C#, and NET development Led by programming expert Jeffrey Richter, a longtime consultant to the Microsoft NET Team— you’ll gain pragmatic insights for developing robust, reliable, and responsive apps and components Discover how to: • Build, package, and deploy applications and their types • Understand how primitive, value, and reference types behave About the Fourth Edition ã Fully updated for Microsoft NET đ Framework 4.5 and Visual Studio 2012 đ ã Focuses on core types in the Framework Class Library • Expertly teaches multicore programming, generics, threading, and other essentials • Shares practical advice from extensive insider and field experience so you use them more efficiently • Use generics and interfaces to define reusable algorithms • Work effectively with special CLR types—delegates, custom attributes, nullable types, arrays, strings • Understand how the managed heap and the garbage collector work • Get a quick start with serialization and deserialization services • Design responsive, scalable solutions using thread pools, tasks, cancellations, timers, and asynchronous functions • Use exception handling to assist with state management • Construct dynamically extensible apps using CLR hosting, AppDomains, assembly loading, and reflection ã Interoperate with Windows đ Runtime (WinRT) components Get Visual C#® 2012 code samples Download from the author’s website: http://wintellect.com/books About the Author Jeffrey Richter is a cofounder of Wintellect (www.wintellect.com), a training and consulting firm dedicated to helping companies build better software faster In addition to this book’s highly regarded previous editions, he’s written several other popular titles, including Windows via C/C++ A longtime consultant to the Microsoft NET Framework Team, Jeff worked with Microsoft to develop a new asynchronous programming model that’s part of NET Framework 4.5 edition Richter microsoft.com/mspress ISBN: 978-0-7356-6745-7 U.S.A $59.99 Canada $62.99 [Recommended] Programming/Windows CLR via C# Fourth Edition Developer Reference The definitive guide to mastering CLR and NET development—from the ground up CLR via C# Fourth Edition Jeffrey Richter PUBLISHED BY Microsoft Press A Division of Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 Copyright © 2012 by Jeffrey Richter All rights reserved No part of the contents of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of the publisher Library of Congress Control Number: 2012951989 ISBN: 978-0-7356-6745-7 Printed and bound in the United States of America First Printing Microsoft Press books are available through booksellers and distributors worldwide If you need support related to this book, email Microsoft Press Book Support at mspinput@microsoft.com Please tell us what you think of this book at http://www.microsoft.com/learning/booksurvey Microsoft and the trademarks listed at http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/en/us/IntellectualProperty/ Trademarks/EN-US.aspx are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies All other marks are property of their respective owners The example companies, organizations, products, domain names, email addresses, logos, people, places, and events depicted herein are fictitious No association with any real company, organization, product, domain name, email address, logo, person, place, or event is intended or should be inferred This book expresses the author’s views and opinions The information contained in this book is provided without any express, statutory, or implied warranties Neither the authors, Microsoft Corporation, nor its resellers, or distributors will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused either directly or indirectly by this book Acquisitions Editor: Devon Musgrave Developmental Editor: Devon Musgrave Project Editor: Carol Dillingham Editorial Production: Online Training Solutions, Inc Technical Reviewer: Christophe Nasarre; Technical Review services provided by Content Master, a member of CM Group, Ltd Copyeditor: Candace Sinclair Indexer: Jan Bednarczuk Cover: Twist Creative • Seattle Kristin, words cannot express how I feel about our life together I cherish our family and all our adventures I’m filled each day with love for you Aidan (age 9) and Grant (age 5), you both have been an inspiration to me and have taught me to play and have fun Watching the two of you grow up has been so rewarding and enjoyable for me I am lucky to be able to partake in your lives I love and appreciate you more than you could ever know Contents at a Glance Introduction xxiii PART I CLR BASICS CHAPTER The CLR’s Execution Model CHAPTER Building, Packaging, Deploying, and Administering Applications and Types 33 CHAPTER Shared Assemblies and Strongly Named Assemblies 65 PART II DESIGNING TYPES CHAPTER Type Fundamentals CHAPTER Primitive, Reference, and Value Types 111 CHAPTER Type and Member Basics 151 CHAPTER Constants and Fields 175 CHAPTER Methods 181 CHAPTER Parameters 209 CHAPTER 10 Properties 227 CHAPTER 11 Events 249 CHAPTER 12 Generics 265 CHAPTER 13 Interfaces 295 PART III ESSENTIAL TYPES CHAPTER 14 Chars, Strings, and Working with Text 317 CHAPTER 15 Enumerated Types and Bit Flags 361 CHAPTER 16 Arrays 373 CHAPTER 17 Delegates 391 CHAPTER 18 Custom Attributes 421 CHAPTER 19 Nullable Value Types 441 91 What you think of this book? 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