Reading the Bruce Eckel book “Thinking in C#”, to relearn C#, since I haven’y used it for many years but am likely to be needing it again soon.
I was surprised by this statement:
“In C++, the keyword that implements
parameterized types is “template.”
.NET currently has no parameterized
types since it is possible for it to
get by—however awkwardly—using the
singly rooted hierarchy. However,
there is no doubt that parameterized
types will be implemented in a future
version of the .NET Framework.”
I think I remember reading somewhere that C# has generics – which are similar to C++ templates?
Am I wrong, or is the Eckel book simply too outdated (if so, is it worth still reading or is there a more up to date book online?)
[Edit]
Eeek, I’m glad I checked in here first. Looks like I’ll have to throw that book away (written in 2002 I believe). Can anyone recommend any downloadable book that has the same depth of Eckels ‘Thinking in …’ series?
There are a lot of C# books out there, but most of them are far too basic, or do not cover enough material. I was happy to find Eckel’s book, since he covers C# in usual thorough style (from an introduction to OOP [which I don’t need], through WinForm and Threading) – Unfortunately, it looks like its too old (Damn you MS for changing C# specs more times than I’ve had hot dinners!)
Can anyone recommend a good downloadable C# book that has a similar width/depth coverage?
[Edit 2]
Just seen this book:
http://www.free-ebooks-download.org/free-ebook/dotnet/CSharp/beginning-visual-csharp-2010.php
I’d like the opinion of this book from any professional C# developers out there …
It’s probably describing C# 1.0, which didn’t have generics.
I would recommend finding a newer book that covers LINQ (introduced in C# 3) and dynamic (C# 4).