Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 - Introducing C#
• Chapter 2 - Data Types
• Chapter 3 - Operators and Control Flow
• Chapter 4 - 4 Methods and Parameters
• Chapter 5 - Classes
• Chapter 6 - Inheritance
• Chapter 7 - Interfaces
• Chapter 8 - Value Types
• Chapter 9 - Well-Formed Types
• Chapter 10 - Exception Handling
• Chapter 11 -  Generics
• Chapter 12 - Delegates and Lambda Expressions
• Chapter 13 - Events
• Chapter 14 - Collection Interfaces with Standard Query Operators
• Chapter 15 - LINQ with Query Expressions
• Chapter 16 - Building Custom Collections
• Chapter 17 -  Reflection, Attributes, and Dynamic Programming
• Chapter 18 - Multithreading
• Chapter 19 - Thread Synchronization
• Chapter 20 - Platform Interoperability and Unsafe Code
• Chapter 21 - The Common Language Infrastructure
• Appendix A - Downloading and Installing the C# Compiler and CLI Platform
• Appendix B – Working with the .NET Compiler Platform (“Roslyn”)
• Appendix C - Tic-Tac-Toe Source Code Listing

About the Author

Mark Michaelis is the founder of IntelliTect, a high-end software engineering and consulting company where he serves as the chief technical architect and trainer. Mark speaks at developer conferences and has written numerous articles and books—currently, he is the Essential .NET columnist for MSDN Magazine. Since 1996, Mark has been a Microsoft MVP for C#, Visual Studio Team System, and the Windows SDK. In 2007 he was recognized as a Microsoft Regional Director. He also serves on several Microsoft software design review teams, including C# and VSTS. Mark holds a bachelor of arts in philosophy from the University of Illinois and a masters in computer science from the Illinois Institute of Technology.