Joseph Albahari Books

When you have questions about C# 8.0 or .NET Core, this best-selling guide has the answers you need. C# is a language of unusual flexibility and breadth, but with its continual growth there’s so much more to learn. In the tradition of the O’Reilly Nutshell guides, this thoroughly updated edition is simply the best one-volume reference to the C# language available today. Organized around concepts and use cases, C# 8.0 in a Nutshell provides intermediate and advanced programmers with a concise map of C# and .NET knowledge that also plumbs significant depths.

Looking for quick answers for using C# 10? This tightly focused and practical guide tells you exactly what you need to know without long intros or bloated samples. Succinct and easy to browse, this pocket reference is an ideal quick source of information.

When you need answers for programming with C# 7.0, this practical and tightly focused book tells you exactly what you need to know-without long introductions or bloated samples.

"Covers CLR 4.5 & asynchronous programming"--Cover.

When you need answers for using C#5.0, this tightly focused and practical book tells you exactly what you need to know - without long introductions or bloated samples.

Succinct, yet easy to browse, C# 8.0 Pocket Reference is ideal as a quick reference or as a guide to get you rapidly up to speed if you already know Java, C++, or an earlier version of C#.

This is a concise yet thorough reference to C# 3.0 programming as implemented in Microsoft's Visual Studio 2008. C# 3.0 in a Nutshell gets right to the point, covering the essentials of language syntax and usage as well as the parts of the .NET base class libraries you need to build working applications. But unlike earlier editions, this book is now organized entirely around concepts and use cases, providing greater depth and readability.C# 3.0 introduces the most significant enhancements yet to the programming language, and C# 3.0 in a Nutshell delves deep into the subject while assuming minimal prior knowledge of C#-making it accessible to anyone with a reasonable background in programming. In addition to the language, the book covers the .NET CLR and the core Framework assemblies, along with the unified querying syntax called Language Integrated Query (LINQ), which bridges the traditional divide between programs and their data sources.Free of clutter and long introductions, this book provides a map of C# 3.0 knowledge in a succinct and unified Designed as a handbook for daily use, C# 3.0 in a Nutshell is an ideal companion to any of the vast array of books that focus on an applied technology such as WPF, ASP.NET, or WCF. The areas of the language and .NET Framework that such books omit, this one covers in detail.

When you need answers for programming with C# 6.0, this practical and tightly focused book tells you exactly what you need to know--without long introductions or bloated samples. Easy to browse, it's ideal as a quick reference or as a guide to get you rapidly up to speed if you already know Java, C++, or an earlier version of C#. Written by the author of C# 6.0 in a Nutshell, this book covers the entire C# 6.0 language, including: All of C#'s fundamentals Advanced topics such as operator overloading, type constraints, covariance and contravariance, iterators, nullable types, operator lifting, lambda expressions, and closures LINQ, starting with sequences, lazy execution and standard query operators, and finishing with a complete reference to query expressions Dynamic binding and asynchronous functions Unsafe code & pointers, custom attributes, preprocessor directives, and XML documentation

When you have questions about C# 9.0 or .NET 5, this bestselling guide has the answers. C# is a language of unusual flexibility and breadth, but with its continual growth, there's so much more to learn. In the tradition of O'Reilly's Nutshell guides, this thoroughly updated edition is simply the best one-volume reference to the C# language available today. Organized around concepts and use cases, C# 9.0 in a Nutshell provides intermediate and advanced programmers with a concise map of C# and .NET that also plumbs significant depths. Get up to speed on C#, from syntax and variables to advanced topics such as pointers, closures, and patterns Dig deep into LINQ through three dedicated chapters Explore concurrency and asynchrony, advanced threading, and parallel programming Work with .NET features, including regular expressions, networking, serialization, spans, reflection, and cryptography Delve into Roslyn, the modular C# compiler-as-a-service

Ready to take advantage of LINQ with C# 3.0? This guide has the detail you need to grasp Microsoft's new querying technology, and concise explanations to help you learn it quickly. And once you begin to apply LINQ, the book serves as an on-the-job reference when you need immediate reminders.All the examples in the LINQ Pocket Reference are preloaded into LINQPad, the highly praised utility that lets you work with LINQ interactively. Created by the authors and free to download, LINQPad will not only help you learn LINQ, it will have you thinking in LINQ.This reference LINQ promises to be the locus of a thriving ecosystem for many years to come. This small book gives you a huge head start."The authors built a tool (LINQPad) that lets you experiment with LINQ interactively in a way that the designers of LINQ themselves don't support, and the tool has all kinds of wonderful features that LINQ, SQL and Regular Expression programmers alike will want to use regularly long after they've read the book." -Chris Sells, Connected Systems Program Manager, Microsoft