*First fully compliant .NET 2.0 title for the professional C# programmer in 2005.

*Based on one of Apress' best selling books, by original author.

*Prepares working C# programmers to face new .NET 2.0 technology.

Andrew Troelsen is a partner, trainer, and consultant at Intertech Inc., and is a leading authority on both .NET and COM. His book Pro C# 2005 and the .NET 2.0 Platform won the prestigious 2003 Referenceware Excellence Award and is in its third edition. Also of note are his earlier five-star treatment of traditional COM in the bestselling Developer's Workshop to COM and ATL mirrored in his book, COM and .NET Interoperability, and his top-notch investigation of VB .NET in Visual Basic .NET and the .NET Platform: An Advanced Guide. Troelsen has a degree in mathematical linguistics and South Asian studies from the University of Minnesota, and is a frequent speaker at numerous .NET-related conferences. He currently lives in Minneapolis with his wife, Amanda, and spends his free time investigating .NET and waiting for the Wild to win the Stanley Cup. You can check out his blog at AndrewTroelsen.blogspot.com.

Introducing C# and the .NET Platform.- The Philosophy of .NET.- Building C# Applications.- The C# Programming Language.- C# Language Fundamentals.- Object-Oriented Programming with C# 2.0.- Understanding Object Lifetime.- Understanding Structured Exception Handling.- Interfaces and Collections.- Callback Interfaces, Delegates, and Events.- Advanced C# Type Construction Techniques.- Understanding Generics.- Programming with .NET Assemblies.- Introducing .NET Assemblies.- Type Reflection, Late Binding, and Attribute-Based Programming.- Processes, AppDomains, Contexts, and CLR Hosts.- Building Multithreaded Applications.- Understanding CIL and the Role of Dynamic Assemblies.- Programming with the .NET Libraries.- The System.IO Namespace.- Understanding Object Serialization.- The .NET Remoting Layer.- Building a Better Window with System.Windows.Forms.- Rendering Graphical Data with GDI+.- Programming with Windows Forms Controls.- Database Access with ADO.NET.- Web Applications and XML WebServices.- ASP.NET 2.0 Web Pages and Web Controls.- ASP.NET 2.0 Web Applications.- Understanding XML Web Services.