C# is a programming language from Microsoft that is designed specifically to target the .NET Framework. Microsoft's .NET Framework is a runtime environment and class library that dramatically simplifies the development of modern, component-based applications.
This book is a quick-reference manual to the C# language as of version 1.0 of the .NET Framework. It lists a concise description of language syntax and provides a guide to other areas of the .NET Framework that are of interest to C# programmers.
The purpose of this quick reference is to aid readers who need to look up some basic detail of C# syntax or usage. It is not intended to be a tutorial or user guide, and at least a basic familiarity with C# is assumed. If you'd like more in-depth information or a more detailed reference, please see Programming C# by Jesse Liberty and C# in a Nutshell by Drayton, Albahari, and Neward (both O'Reilly, 2002).
