Here’s another sample from Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform. Enjoy this excerpt that discusses base class/derived class casting rules.

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Here’s another sample from Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform. Look forward to more samples from this book and others in our .NET 3.5 line!

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We are very excited that our line of .NET 3.5 books are here and ready for our readers. Please enjoy this sample of the book Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform.

The first edition of this book was released at the 2001 Tech Ed conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Since that time, this text has been revised, tweaked, and enhanced to account for the changes found within each release of the .NET platform (1.1, 2.0, 3.0 and now 3.5).

The last version, .NET 3.0, was more of an augmentative release, essentially providing three new APIs: Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF). As you would expect, coverage of the “W’s” has been expanded a great deal in this version of the book from the previous Special Edition text.

Unlike .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5 provides dozens of new C# language features and .NET APIs. This edition of the book will walk you through all of this new material using the same readable approach as was found in previous editions. Rest assured, you’ll find detailed coverage of Language Integrated Query (LINQ), the C# 2008 language changes (automatic properties, extension methods, anonymous types, etc.) and the numerous bells and whistles of Visual Studio 2008.

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