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By?Jay Hilyard, Stephen Teilhet
Second Edition January 2006
Pages: 1184
Series: Cookbooks
ISBN 10: 0-596-10063-9 |
ISBN 13:9780596100636
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Completely revised for C# 2.0, this updated bestseller offers more than 100 new code solutions to common problems that you're sure to face as a C# programmer. Nearly every solution, or "recipe," contains a complete, documented code sample showing you how to solve the specific problem. Covers .NET Framework Class Libraries, interoperability, design patterns, and much more!
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Nearly every solution, or "recipe," contains a complete, documented code sample showing you how to solve the specific problem, as well as a detailed discussion of how and why the underling technology works. This question-solution-discussion format is a proven teaching method, as any fan of O'Reilly's "Cookbook" series can attest to. In fact, no other source offers a learn-as-you-go format quite like this.
C# Cookbook, 2nd Edition is organized into 20 chapters, each of which focuses on a particular topic in creating C# solutions. Here are just some of what's covered:
- Numeric data types
- Strings and characters
- Classes and structures
- Generics
- Exception handling
- Delegates, events, and anonymous methods
- Filesystem interactions
- Web site access
- XML usage (including XPath and XSLT)
- Networking
- Threading
- Unsafe code
Best of all, you don't have to be an experienced C# or .NET developer to use C# Cookbook, 2nd Edition. You just have to be someone who wants to solve a problem now, without having to learn all the related theory first.
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Valuable Resource, July 19 2007





The C# Cookbook, Second Edition has been updated and revised for C# 2.0 and version 2.0 of the .NET framework, and despite the fact that version 3.5 of the .NET framework is imminent, it remains a must have book to have on hand. It is essentially a collection of examples showing how to solve specific programming problems (some of which you might not have even realised you have! Such as boxing/unboxing and efficient string handling, to name just a few?)
If you are a developer who writes C# code for a living, I would be surprised if you do not find something useful the first time you pick this book up. If you are thinking of buying just one book on C# 2.0, make it this one. Highly recommended.
The C# Cookbook has over 1100 pages and is arranged into 20 chapters, each of which focuses on a particular area in C#. Despite its size it is not daunting to read.
This book is in O?Reilly?s ?cookbook? series Problem-Solution-Discussion format, and like other books in the series can either be read from cover to cover, or be used as a reference to shed light on a particular problem. Each ?recipe? starts with a description of the problem, followed by a complete, documented code sample showing you how to solve it, along with a detailed discussion of how and why it works, and any drawbacks. This format can also serve as an excellent way of mastering aspects of C#.
Like the other O'Reilly cookbooks, this book manages to strike a perfect balance between reference and instruction on real problems developers encounter every day. Hats off to Jay and Stephen for creating such a useful resource.
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excellent contents but the material is very complex.
how ever the book is very benefit for developer but the begginers i think it's not good.
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Media reviews
"The Cookbook is about as close as any book to being a single source for C#. This is because it gives loads of practical examples (which are well written and not hacks), covers all the major areas and solves advanced problems. You need look no further to delve deeply into threading, generics, anonymous functions, collections and xml."
-- Mark A. Grant, Business Logic
"This isnt a book for reading cover to cover, but theres a lot to be learned browsing through the recipes, and youre sure to get answers on a wide range of topics including solid use of generics, exception handling, I/O, web bits, and networking. The chapters on security and reflection are particularly useful because they offer up good insights on approaching secure coding correctly and good techniques for dealing with reflection."
-- Jim Holmes, FrazzledDad
"Like the other O'Reilly cookbooks, this book manages to strike a perfect balance between reference and instruction on real problems developers encounter every day. Hats off to Jay and Stephen for creating such a useful resource. If you are a developer who writes C# code for a living, I would be surprised if you do not find something useful the first time you pick this book up. If you are thinking of buying just one book on C# 2.0, make it this one. Highly recommended. The only problem I have now is that I need to go and buy my own copy as this one is now on its way to the User Group library. Of course, I could just borrow it, but I would really like to have a copy on hand all the time!"
-- Mitch Wheat, Treat the Cause, Not the Symptoms!
"The C# Cookbook is excellent for someone who is new to C# and already familiar with the basics of the language syntax, but is unfamiliar with the capabilities of the .NET Framework. Intermediate level programmers will also find this book to be a useful reference providing insight into features they may have used before but didn't understand all the details behind
For someone looking for an easy-to-use desk reference, the C# Cookbook is highly recommended."
--Nick Schweitzer, Blogcritics.org, April 2006
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"The Cookbook is about as close as any book to being a single source for C#. "
--Mark A. Grant, Business Logic
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