Pro C# 2005 and the .NET 2.0 Platform, Third Edition

Pro C# 2005 and the .NET 2.0 Platform, Third Edition, 9781590594193 (1590594193), Apress, 2005

Iremember a time years ago when I proposed a book to Apress regarding a forthcoming software SDK code-named Next Generation Windows Services (NGWS). As you may be aware, NGWS eventually became what we now know as the .NET platform. My research of the C# programming language and the .NET platform took place in parallel with the authoring of the initial manuscript. It was a fantastic project; however, I must confess that it was more than a bit nerve-racking writing about a technology that was undergoing drastic changes over the course of its development. Thankfully, after many sleepless nights, the first edition of C# and the .NET Platform was published in conjunction with the release of .NET 1.0 Beta 2, circa the summer of 2001.

Since that point, I have been extremely happy and grateful to see that this text was very well received by the press and, most important, by readers. Over the years it was nominated as a Jolt Award finalist (I lost . . . crap!) and for the 2003 Referenceware Excellence Award in the programming book category (I won? Cool!).

The second edition of this text (C# and the .NET Platform, Second Edition) provided me the opportunity to expand upon the existing content with regard to version 1.1 of the .NET platform. Although the second edition of the book did offer a number of new topics, a number of chapters and examples were unable to make it into the final product.

Now that the book has entered its third edition, I am happy to say that the manuscript contains (almost) all of the topics and examples I was unable to cram into the previous versions. Not only does this edition of the text account for the numerous bells and whistles brought about by .NET 2.0 but it also incorporates a number of chapters that have long been written but not yet published (such as content on the common intermediate language, or CIL).

As with the earlier editions, this third edition presents the C# programming language and .NET base class libraries using a friendly and approachable tone. I have never understood the need some technical authors have to spit out prose that reads more like a GRE vocabulary study guide than a readable book. As well, this new edition remains focused on providing you with the information you need to build software solutions today, rather than spending too much time examining esoteric details that few individuals will ever actually care about.

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