Press Release
April 26, 2002
"C# in a Nutshell": A Complete Desktop Reference for C# Programmers
Sebastopol, CA--Two years ago, there were no C# programmers; the
language didn't exist (although reports of the new language had
surfaced years before it was officially announced, which Microsoft
consistently denied). Regardless of their level of programming
expertise, C# programmers find themselves in the same boat: learning to
master a language and a new platform in quick order, without a lot of
tried-and-true resources on which to depend. The new
C# in a Nutshell
reference from O'Reilly (US $39.95) written by Peter Drayton, Ben
Albahari, and Ted Neward is designed to be the handbook these
programmers will use daily and will keep next to their keyboards for
years to come.
Neither a "how-to" book nor a rehash of Microsoft's documentation, this
latest addition to O'Reilly's acclaimed Nutshell series goes to the
source of the language and APIs to present content in a way that
professional programmers will value above all other books. Says
coauthor Neward, "Hordes of programmers will be migrating to this
entirely new platform and an entirely new language. Just as happened
with Java, programmers will want somebody to point out the new and
interesting stuff, and will need careful guidance to avoid the
'gotchas' in this brave, new world."
"In the last four months two major milestones have been achieved," adds
Drayton. "The .NET Framework was released to the public in February
2002, and the C# language and Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) was
ratified by the General Assembly of the European Computer Manufacturers
Association (ECMA) in December 2001. The combination of a newly
released platform from the world's largest software manufacturer, and a
newly minted international standard garnering interest from the open
source community is a potent one-two punch. Developers are going to
have to get to grips with this platform, now, without delay. We hope
that this book will help them get up the learning curve fast."
"C# in a Nutshell" is a 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. The chapter then includes 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.
In addition to the reference section, "C# in a Nutshell" includes an
accelerated introduction to the C# language and the .NET Common
Language Runtime and a tutorial section on using C# with the core
classes of the .NET Framework Class Library.
"C# in a Nutshell" was written for the working C# programmer who will
be able to find answers to most questions of syntax and functionality
that he or she encounters on the job. Experienced Java, C++, and Visual
Basic programmers encountering the C# language and the CLR for the
first time can rely on this book to help them master the essentials of
the language. As Drayton says, "This book is intended to help
programmers be 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."
Additional resources:
C# in a Nutshell
By Peter Drayton, Ben Albahari, and Ted Neward
ISBN 0-596-00181-9, 832 pages, $39.95 (US), $61.95 (CAN)
order@oreilly.com
1-800-998-9938; 1-707-827-7000
About O'Reilly
O'Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazines, and conferences. Since 1978, O'Reilly Media has been a chronicler and catalyst of cutting-edge development, homing in on the technology trends that really matter and spurring their adoption by amplifying "faint signals" from the alpha geeks who are creating the future. An active participant in the technology community, the company has a long history of advocacy, meme-making, and evangelism.
Return to: O'Reilly Press Room
|
Recent Press Releases
Press Release Archive »
Resources
Press Contacts
Corporate
Sara Winge
800/998-9938 x7109
Media Relations - North America
Sara Peyton
800/998-9938 x7118
Media Relations - Germany
Corina Pahrmann
+49-221-973160-22
Media Relations - Japan
Kenji Watari
+81-3-3356-5227
Media Relations - United Kingdom
Josette Garcia
+44 (0)1252-721284
Media Relations - Conferences
Maureen Jennings
800/998-9938 x7083
|
