C# 5.0 Pocket Reference: Instant Help for C# 5.0 Programmers

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 and easy to browse, "C# 5.0 Pocket Reference" is 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 the acclaimed "C# 4.0 in a Nutshell," this book doesn't skimp on detail, but covers the entire C# 5.0 language, including: Features new to C# 5.0, such asynchrony with new enhancements to Caller Info Attributes, ReadOnlyDictionary, Web Sockets, and the new HttpClient class All of C#'s fundamentals Advanced topics-operator overloading, custom conversions, 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 Unsafe code & pointers, custom attributes, preprocessor directives, and XML documentation Less