Introduction - If you have any usage issues, please Google them yourself
This a book about C# from version 2 onwards—it’s as simple as that. I barely cover
C# 1, and only cover the .NET Framework libraries and Common Language Runtime
(CLR) when they’re related to the language. This is a deliberate decision, and the
result is quite a different book from most of the C# and .NET books I’ve seen.
By assuming a reasonable amount of knowledge of C# 1, I avoid spending hundreds
of pages covering material that I think most people already understand. This
gives me much more room to expand on the details of C# 2, 3, and 4, which is what I
hope you’re reading the book for.
I believe that many developers would be less frustrated with their work if they had
a deeper connection with the language they’re writing in. I know it sounds geeky in
the extreme to talk about having a “relationship” with a programming language, but
that’s the best way I can describe it. This book is my attempt to help you achieve that
sort of understanding, or deepen it further. It