Beginning Microsoft Visual C# 2008

Introduction xxvii

Part I: The C# Language 1

Chapter 1: Introducing C# 3

Chapter 2: Writing a C# Program 13

Chapter 3: Variables and Expressions 31

Chapter 4: Flow Control 59

Chapter 5: More About Variables 93

Chapter 6: Functions 125

Chapter 7: Debugging and Error Handling 155

Chapter 8: Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming 185

Chapter 9: Defining Classes 209

Chapter 10: Defining Class Members 241

Chapter 11: Collections, Comparisons, and Conversions 277

Chapter 12: Generics 331

Chapter 13: Additional OOP Techniques 371

Chapter 14: C# 3.0 Language Enhancements 399

Part II: Windows Programming 431

Chapter 15: Basic Windows Programming 433

Chapter 16: Advanced Windows Forms Features 493

Chapter 17: Using Common Dialogs 537

Chapter 18: Deploying Windows Applications 583

Part III: Web Programming 625

Chapter 19: Basic Web Programming 627

Chapter 20: Advanced Web Programming 671

Chapter 21: Web Services 709

Chapter 22: Ajax Programming 739

Chapter 23: Deploying Web Applications 759

Part IV: Data Access 775

Chapter 24: File System Data 777

Chapter 25: XML 819

Chapter 26: Introduction to LINQ 849

Chapter 27: LINQ to SQL 895

Chapter 28: ADO.NET and LINQ over DataSet 933

Chapter 29: LINQ to XML 993

Part V: Additional Techniques 1017

Chapter 30: Attributes 1019

Chapter 31: XML Documentation 1049

Chapter 32: Networking 1075

Chapter 33: Introduction to GDI+ 1107

Chapter 34: Windows Presentation Foundation 1143

Chapter 35: Windows Communication Foundation 1215

Chapter 36: Windows Workflow Foundation 1247

Summary 1278

Index 1279