Press Release
February 2, 2004
"C# Cookbook": Sure-Fire Recipes for Cooking Up Your Own Application Masterpieces
Sebastopol, CA--The new C# Cookbook (O'Reilly, US $49.95) by Stephen
Teilhet and Jay Hilyard doesn't pretend to be a primer or a reference
guide to C#. Instead, it's a definitive collection of essential solutions
and practical examples for the C# language--the kind of book that
developers will use on a day-to-day basis to tackle their programming
problems, from the routine to the obscure.
"Programmers don't have to read all or even most of this book to become
immediately productive," according to Teilhet. C# Cookbook is for C#
developers of any skill level who want to cut to the chase--to bypass the
theory and get on with writing solid code and making the most of C# and
the .NET Framework. As relevant for those who simply want plug-and-play
code as it is for those who are making a conscious transition from writing
code to writing elegant code for maximum performance, this book will help
developers build their programming skills while deepening their
understanding of the language--and getting their daily jobs done efficiently
and with fewer frustrations.
Teilhet and Hilyard teach by example, delivering practical answers,
sharing usable advice and important concepts, and modeling good
programming practice. The 200-plus recipes in the book--which cover
performance, versioning, readability, maintainability, logic, reliability,
and much more--are thorough, complete, and always in accordance with best
practices. "This book not only tells you how to do something, but it tells
you the most robust way to do it," says Teilhet.
The recipes in the C# Cookbook allow developers to learn by doing.
Nearly every one contains a complete, documented code sample showing
readers how to solve a specific problem, including a discussion of how and
why the underlying technology works, and offering alternatives,
limitations, and other considerations where appropriate. The C# Cookbook
guides developers in:
Performing numeric and data type conversions
Using and comparing strings and characters
Creating and maintaining structures and classes
Throwing and handling exceptions
Implementing diagnostic code in applications
Using delegates and events
Working with regular expressions
Using and extending .NET's collection classes
Managing files and directories
Looking inside types and assemblies with reflection
Network programming
Creating data structures and algorithms
Maximizing security
Working with XML documents
Organized by the types of problems people are likely to encounter as they
progress as C# programmers, the coding solutions in the C# Cookbook can be
used, adapted, and easily modified to the individual needs and goals of
developers and their applications. And their use will undoubtedly (and
effortlessly) improve developers' mastery of both C# and .NET Framework
Class Libraries.
Additional Resources:
C# Cookbook
Stephen Teilhet and Jay Hilyard
ISBN 0-596-00339-0, 831 pages, $49.95 US, $72.95 CA
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