Audience

If you're a working C# programmer, we think you'll want C# in a Nutshell to be part of your reference library regardless of your present level of ability. With its thorough coverage of language elements, its compact language and tools reference, and its unique, jam-packed guide to the core FCL APIs, you should easily be able to find answers to most questions of syntax and functionality that you will encounter on the job.

If you are an experienced Java, C++, or Visual Basic programmer encountering the C# language and the CLR for the first time, this book will enable you to master the essentials of the language. Less experienced programmers may wish to first work through an introductory text, such as Programming C#, by Jesse Liberty (O'Reilly & Associates).