Month: September 2007

Chapters 4 and 5 of the book have now been made available for early access.   Chapter 4 – Saying nothing with nullable types Nullable types depend heavily on generics (described in chapter 3) and require both language and runtime changes. In this chapter I explore the problem they solve, the types involved (including runtime changes) and the C# changes (int? meaning Nullable<int> and the various operators and conversions available). I also cover a couple of uses of nullable types which haven’t necessarily hit the mainstream, but can prove useful – the comparisons I wrote about in this blog a little … Continue reading C# in Depth: Chapters 4 and 5 now available in MEAP

Finally, I can properly talk about what I’ve been working on for about the last 6 months. The book I’ve been writing is called “C# in Depth” and it’s being published by Manning (just like Groovy in Action was). It’s about C# 2 and 3, and pretty much just C# 2 and 3. In particular, it’s aimed at people who already know C# 1 at least reasonably well. I believe there are plenty of people who are comfortable with C# 1 but either don’t know C# 2 at all or are familiar with it but have gaps in their experience. It’s for … Continue reading Announcing "C# in Depth"