Programming Microsoft® Visual C#® 2005: The Base Class Library (Developer Reference) / Francesco Balena 196

Get the guidance you need to master the intricacies of the .NET Framework base class library using Visual C#—and learn best practices for developing robust code efficiently. With hands-on programming instruction, expert insights, and practical examples, professional developers learn how to customize classes and solve sophisticated development problems for any kind of application.

Discover how to:

• Use generic types defined in the .NET Framework—or author your own—to solve recurring programming problems
• Master regular expressions to perform complex text searches and sophisticated input validation
• Use iterators, anonymous methods, and asynchronous delegates
• Take code reuse to the next level with reflection
• Use custom attribute to implement plug-in architectures and n-tier applications
• Serialize complex objects to file or database fields
• Address versioning issues with large programs and multiple executables
• Apply multithreading techniques to help avoid resource-sharing issues
• Work with unmanaged code and COM components by using PInvoke and COM Interop

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