Press Release
September 16, 2003
"C# in a Nutshell, Second Edition": The Programmer's Companion to the C# Language
Sebastopol, CA--Designed with the best elements from several
programming languages, C# has become one of the most widely used
languages for building applications on the Microsoft .NET platform. The
new edition of C# in a Nutshell (O'Reilly, US $44.95) by Peter
Drayton, Ben Albahari, and Ted Neward provides C# programmers with a
concise and thorough reference to the language in one straightforward
and accessible volume. Designed as a handbook for daily use, this book
is an essential guide to the C# language and the base class APIs of the
.NET Framework. Programmers will want to keep this book next to their
keyboards for years to come.
Neither a "how-to" book nor a rehash of Microsoft's documentation, "C#
in a Nutshell, Second Edition" goes to the source of the language and
APIs to present content in a way that professional programmers will
value. And, because all programmers who come to C# are migrating to an
entirely new platform and new language, they'll appreciate a guide to
the language that they can trust. "Programmers will want somebody to
point out the new and interesting stuff, and they'll need careful
guidance to avoid the 'gotchas' in this brave, new world," says
coauthor Neward.
And, according to the authors, "C# in a Nutshell" will shorten the
learning curve for developers who want to come to grips with the C#
language and .NET platform without delay. Coauthor Drayton says, "We
believe this book will help programmers to feel completely comfortable
sitting down and whipping out a few thousand lines of C# code, taking
full advantage of the classes in the .NET Framework, without spending
hours poring through reams of online documentation."
The heart of the book is a succinct but detailed reference to the C#
language and the .NET types most essential to C# programmers. Each
chapter in the API reference begins with an overview of a .NET
namespace and a diagram of its types, including a quick-reference entry
for each type, with name, assembly, category, description, member
availability, class hierarchy, and other relevant information, such as
whether the type is part of the ECMA CLI specification. Newly updated
for .NET Framework version 1.1, the second edition Of "C# in a
Nutshell" also adds a CD that allows programmers to integrate the
book's contents directly into the help files of Visual Studio .NET 2002
& 2003, giving them direct access to this valuable information via
their own computers.
In addition to the API reference section, this book includes:
An accelerated introduction to the C# language and the .NET Common
Language Runtime A tutorial section on using C# with the core classes of the .NET
Framework Class Library to perform common tasks such as manipulating
strings, I/O, and interacting with legacy components Comprehensive language and tool reference chapters, including a C#
syntax summary, a list of XML documentation tags, and a guide to
command-line tools that ship with Visual Studio .NET and the .NET Framework Appendixes with reference tables for regular expression syntax, format
specifiers, a C# keyword glossary, namespace/assembly cross-reference,
and a type and member index for determining in which type a method or
field is defined
Every once in a while, a book becomes the standard for a technology,
operating system, or programming language--which is exactly what "C# in
a Nutshell" has done in a single straightforward and easy to use
volume. There is no more complete, up-to-date reference to the C#
Language available.
Praise for the first edition:
"'C# in a Nutshell' is the most complete reference manual of the C#
language and the .NET framework that I have come across...If you have
anything to do with the C# language or the .NET framework, I highly
recommend adding this book to your library."
--Salt Lake ColdFusion User's Group, April 2003
"The quick reference section on the Framework classes, which takes up
the majority of the book, is a guide that many developers will turn to
over and over. So this is a book that belongs on many desktops, right
by the computer. No matter what language you choose for .NET, you're
likely to find this book useful."
--Craig Utley, Builder.com, July 2002
"Java. Perl. VB. Whatever the language, developers have come to rely on
O'Reilly's 'In a Nutshell' guides for concise, expert tutorials
combined with fast-access, reliable reference information. A
programming language hasn't really come of age until there's an 'In a
Nutshell' for it--and there's now an excellent one for Microsoft's
C#...Put simply, 'C# in a Nutshell' is authoritative."
--Bill Camarda, Barnes & Noble.com
Additional Resources:
C# in a Nutshell, Second Edition
Peter Drayton, Ben Albahari, and Ted Neward
ISBN 0-596-00526-1, 987 pages, $44.95 US, $69.95 CA, 31.95 UK
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