Introduction.

Part I: The C# Language.

Chapter 1: .NET Architecture.

Chapter 2: C# Basics.

Chapter 3: Objects and Types.

Chapter 4: Inheritance.

Chapter 5: Arrays.

Chapter 6: Operators and Casts.

Chapter 7: Delegates and Events.

Chapter 8: Strings and Regular Expressions.

Chapter 9: Generics.

Chapter 10: Collections.

Chapter 11: Language Integrated Query.

Chapter 12: Memory Management and Pointers.

Chapter 13: Reflection.

Chapter 14: Errors and Exceptions.

Part II: Visual Studio.

Chapter 15: Visual Studio 2008.

Chapter 16: Deployment.

Part III: Base Class Libraries.

Chapter 17: Assemblies.

Chapter 18: Tracing and Events.

Chapter 19: Threading and Synchronization.

Chapter 20: Security.

Chapter 21: Localization.

Chapter 22: Transactions.

Chapter 23: Windows Services.

Chapter 24: Interoperability.

Part IV: Data.

Chapter 25: Manipulating Files and the Registry.

Chapter 26: Data Access.

Chapter 27: LINQ to SQL.

Chapter 28: Manipulating XML.

Chapter 29: LINQ to XML.

Chapter 30:.NET Programming with SQLServer.

Part V: Presentation.

Chapter 31: Windows Forms.

Chapter 32: Data Binding.

Chapter 33: Graphics with GDI+.

Chapter 34: Windows Presentation Foundation.

Chapter 35: Advanced WPF.

Chapter 36: Add-Ins.

Chapter 37: ASP.NET Pages.

Chapter 38: ASP.NET Development.

Chapter 39: ASP.NET AJAX.

Chapter 40: Visual Studio Tools for Office.

Part VI: Communication.

Chapter 41: Accessing the Internet.

Chapter 42: Windows Communication Foundation.

Chapter 43: Windows Workflow Foundation.

Chapter 44: Enterprise Services.

Chapter 45: Message Queuing.

Chapter 46: Directory Services.

Chapter 47: Peer-to-Peer Networking.

Chapter 48: Syndication.

Part VII: Appendices.

Appendix A: ADO.NET Entity Framework.

Appendix B: C#, Visual Basic, and C++/CLI.

Appendix C: Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.

Index.