Part 1. Preparing for the Journey

Every reader will come to this book with a different set of expectations and a different level of experience. Are you an expert looking to fill some holes, however small, in your present knowledge? Perhaps you consider yourself an average developer, with a bit of experience in using generics and lambda expressions, but a desire to know how they work better. Maybe you’re reasonably confident with C# 2 and 3 but have no C# 4 experience.

As an author, I can’t make every reader the same—and I wouldn’t want to even if I could. But I hope that all readers have two things in common: the desire for a deeper relationship with C# as a language, and at least a basic knowledge of C# 1. If you can bring those elements to ...

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