Introducing C# and the .NET Platform -- The Philosophy of .NET -- Building C# Applications -- The C# Programming Language -- C# Language Fundamentals -- Object-Oriented Programming with C# 2.0 -- Understanding Object Lifetime -- Understanding Structured Exception Handling -- Interfaces and Collections -- Callback Interfaces, Delegates, and Events -- Advanced C# Type Construction Techniques -- Understanding Generics -- Programming with .NET Assemblies -- Introducing .NET Assemblies -- Type Reflection, Late Binding, and Attribute-Based Programming -- Processes, AppDomains, Contexts, and CLR Hosts -- Building Multithreaded Applications -- Understanding CIL and the Role of Dynamic Assemblies -- Programming with the .NET Libraries -- The System.IO Namespace -- Understanding Object Serialization -- The .NET Remoting Layer -- Building a Better Window with System.Windows.Forms -- Rendering Graphical Data with GDI+ -- Programming with Windows Forms Controls -- Database Access with ADO.NET -- Web Applications and XML Web Services -- ASP.NET 2.0 Web Pages and Web Controls -- ASP.NET 2.0 Web Applications -- Understanding XML Web Services.

C# 2005 changed the .NET 2.0 landscape. To name just a few improvements, C# now supports generics, partial types and nullable types when youre coding. And the framework boasts improved speed, data access, security, and scalability. This book has been written to help you assimilate all this new information and realize its potential to make your coding life easier. It will keep you ahead of the curve. To make it easy for you to access this information, the book has been loosely grouped into five sections: 1. Introducing C# 2005 and the .NET 2.0 Platform explains the mechanics of .NET programming and the philosophy that lies behind it 2. The C# Programming Language outlines everything you need to know to start using C# 2005 quickly and efficiently. Object lifetimes, exception handling, genericsits all here 3. Programming with .NET Assemblies deals with one of the most important aspects of .NET programming: reusing code. This book shows you how to capture your code in reuseable external assemblies that you can call upon throughout your applications 4. Programming with the .NET Libraries guides you through them. Of course youre not expected to write every function yourself. The .NET Framework provides a vast array of .NET Libraries containing functionality that allows you to do everything from opening a file-stream to rendering graphical data to the screen 5. Web Applications and XML Web Services concludes the book by taking you away from console-based C# applications and investigating the myriad possibilities that become available when you blend C# 2005 with ASP.NET 2.0 to launch your applications onto the Internet