C# 5.0 Pocket Reference

When you need answers for programming with C# 5.0, 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 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 authors of C# 5.0 in a Nutshell, this book covers the entire C# 5.0 language, including:

All of C#’s fundamentals

Advanced topics such as operator overloading, type constraints, covariance contravariance, iterators, nullable types, operator lifting, lambda expressions closures

LINQ, starting with sequences, lazy execution and standard query operators, and finishing with a complete reference to query expressions

Dynamic binding and C# 5.0’s new asynchronous functions

Unsafe code pointers, custom attributes, preprocessor directives, and XML documentation