Contents -- Introduction -- Who Should Read This Book -- Approach -- Which Edition of Visual Studio Should You Use? -- How This Book Is Organized -- How to Use This Book -- Necessary Equipment -- Conventions -- Source Code -- Errata -- p2p.wrox.com -- Important URLs -- Part I: The C# Ecosystem -- Chapter 1: The C# Environment -- Visual Studio -- The C# Compiler -- The CLR -- The .NET Framework -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 2: Writing a First Program -- Types of Projects -- Console Applications -- Windows Forms Applications -- WPF Applications -- Windows Store Applications -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 3: Program and Code File Structure -- Hidden Files -- Preprocessor Directives -- Code File Structure -- Comments -- Summary -- Exercises -- Part II: C# Language Elements -- Chapter 4: Data Types, Variables, and Constants -- Data Types -- Variable Declaration Syntax -- Initialization -- Literal Type Characters -- Data Type Conversion -- Scope -- Parameter Declarations -- Properties -- Enumerations -- Nullable Types -- Delegates -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 5: Operators -- Arithmetic Operators -- Comparison Operators -- Logical Operators -- Bitwise Operators -- Conditional and Null-coalescing Operators -- Assignment Operators -- Operator Precedence -- The StringBuilder Class -- DateTime and TimeSpan Operations -- Operator Overloading -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 6: Methods -- Method Declarations -- Extension Methods -- Lambda Expressions -- Variance -- Asynchronous Methods -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 7: Program Control Statements -- Decision Statements -- Looping Statements -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 8: LINQ -- Introduction to LINQ -- Basic LINQ Query Syntax -- Advanced LINQ Query Syntax -- Other LINQ Methods -- LINQ Extension Methods -- LINQ to Objects -- LINQ to XML -- LINQ to ADO.NET -- PLINQ -- Summary.

Exercises -- Chapter 9: Error Handling -- Bugs Versus Undesirable Conditions -- try catch Blocks -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 10: Tracing and Debugging -- The Debug Menu -- The Debug ➪ Windows Submenu -- The Breakpoints Window -- The Immediate Window -- Trace Listeners -- Summary -- Exercises -- Part III: Object-Oriented Programming -- Chapter 11: OOP Concepts -- Classes -- Encapsulation -- Inheritance -- Polymorphism -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 12: Classes and Structures -- Classes -- Structures -- Constructors -- Structure Instantiation Details -- Garbage Collection -- Events -- Static Methods -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 13: Namespaces -- Collisions in .NET -- The using Directive -- The Default Namespace -- Making Namespaces -- Resolving Namespaces -- The global Namespace -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 14: Collection Classes -- Arrays -- System.Collections -- Dictionaries -- CollectionsUtil -- Stacks and Queues -- Generic Collections -- Collection Initializers -- Iterators -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 15: Generics -- Advantages of Generics -- Defining Generics -- Instantiating Generic Classes -- Generic Collection Classes -- Generic Methods -- Generics and Extension Methods -- Summary -- Exercises -- Part IV: Interacting with the Environment -- Chapter 16: Printing -- Windows Forms Printing -- WPF Printing -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 17: Configuration and Resources -- Environment Variables -- Registry -- Configuration Files -- Resource Files -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 18: Streams -- Stream -- FileStream -- MemoryStream -- BinaryReader and BinaryWriter -- TextReader and TextWriter -- StringReader and StringWriter -- StreamReader and StreamWriter -- Exists, OpenText, CreateText, and AppendText -- Custom Stream Classes -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 19: File System Objects -- Filesystem Permissions.

.NET Framework Classes -- Using the Recycle Bin -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 20: Networking -- Networking Classes -- Downloading Information -- Uploading Information -- Getting FTP Information -- Sending E‑mail -- Sending Text Messages -- Summary -- Exercises -- Part V: Advanced Topics -- Chapter 21: Regular Expressions -- Building Regular Expressions -- Using Regular Expressions -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 22: Parallel Programming -- Interacting with the User Interface -- BackgroundWorker -- Tasks -- Threads -- Coordinating Tasks -- Thread-Safe Objects -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 23: ADO.NET -- Selecting a Database -- Using Bound Controls -- Loading DataSets -- Using ADO.NET -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 24: XML -- Basic XML Syntax -- Writing XML Data -- Reading XML Data -- Related Technologies -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 25: Serialization -- XML Serialization -- JSON Serialization -- Binary Serialization -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 26: Reflection -- Learning About Classes -- Getting and Setting Properties -- Getting Assembly Information -- Invoking Methods -- Running Scripts -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 27: Cryptography -- Cryptographic Operations -- Randomness -- Symmetric Key Encryption -- Asymmetric Key Encryption -- Summary -- Exercises -- Part VI: Appendices -- Appendix A: Solutions to Exercises -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Chapter 14 -- Chapter 15 -- Chapter 16 -- Chapter 17 -- Chapter 18 -- Chapter 19 -- Chapter 20 -- Chapter 21 -- Chapter 22 -- Chapter 23 -- Chapter 24 -- Chapter 25 -- Chapter 26 -- Chapter 27 -- Appendix B: Data Types -- Casting and Converting Values -- Parsing Values -- Appendix C: Variable Declarations -- Initialization Expressions.

Using -- Enumerated Type Declarations -- Appendix D: Constant Declarations -- Appendix E: Operators -- Arithmetic Operators -- Comparison Operators -- Logical Operators -- Bitwise Operators -- Assignment Operators -- Conditional and Null-coalescing Operators -- Operator Precedence -- DateTime and TimeSpan Operators -- Operator Overloading -- Appendix F: Method Declarations -- Methods -- Property Procedures -- Lambda Functions and Expressions -- Extension Methods -- Appendix G: Useful Attributes -- Useful XML Serialization Attributes -- Useful JSON Serialization Attributes -- Binary Serialization Attributes -- Other Useful Attributes -- Appendix H: Control Statements -- Decision Statements -- Looping Statements -- Appendix I: Error Handling -- Throwing Exceptions -- Appendix J: LINQ -- Basic LINQ Query Syntax -- LINQ Functions -- LINQ to XML -- LINQ to ADO.NET -- PLINQ -- Appendix K: Classes and Structures -- Classes -- Structures -- Constructors -- Destructors -- Events -- Appendix L: Collection Classes -- Arrays -- Collections -- Iterators -- Appendix M: Generic Declarations -- Generic Classes -- Generic Methods -- Appendix N: Printing and Graphics -- Windows Forms Printing -- WPF Printing -- Appendix O: Useful Exception Classes -- Standard Exception Classes -- Custom Exception Classes -- Appendix P: Date and Time Format Specifiers -- Standard Format Specifiers -- Custom Format Specifiers -- Appendix Q: Other Format Specifiers -- Standard Numeric Format Specifiers -- Custom Numeric Format Specifiers -- Numeric Formatting Sections -- Composite Formatting -- Enumerated Type Formatting -- Appendix R: Streams -- Stream Class Summary -- Stream -- BinaryReader and BinaryWriter -- TextReader and TextWriter -- StringReader and StringWriter -- StreamReader and StreamWriter -- Text File Stream Methods -- Appendix S: Filesystem Classes -- Framework Classes.

Special Folders -- Recycle Bin -- Appendix T: Regular Expressions -- Creating Regular Expressions -- Regular Expression Options -- Using Regular Expressions -- Appendix U: Parallel Programming -- Interacting with the User Interface -- PLINQ -- BackgroundWorker -- TPL -- Tasks -- Threads -- Appendix V: XML -- Special Characters -- Writing XML Data -- Reading XML Data -- Related Technologies -- Appendix W: Serialization -- XML Serialization -- JSON Serialization -- Binary Serialization -- Appendix X: Reflection -- Type -- MemberInfo -- EventInfo -- MethodInfo -- FieldInfo -- PropertyInfo -- ParameterInfo -- Index -- Advertisement.