December 2007 Archives

A short while ago the second edition of my C# book, Accelerated C# 2008 was shipped from Apress. Just about all of the material from the previous edition is included in this one plus 3 new chapters covering the exciting new functional programming features of the C# 3.0 language. Those new features include Extension Methods, Lambda Expression, and LINQ. C# 3.0 also introduces a few smaller new features that mostly facilitate the three just mentioned and they are also covered in new material.

You can find the table of contents of "Accelerated C# 2008" here.

C# 3.0 offers many new and exciting features, many of which foster a functional programming model. Some of the new features are simply small time-saver and convenience features. Auto-implemented properties are one of the latter.

Check out my blog entry (link below) on the Apress website regarding auto-implemented properties for the straight dope.

Auto-implemented Properties in C# 3.0