WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) provides a complete development framework for building apps with high-quality user interface on Windows. This also gives an unprecedented opportunity to you to make full use of the processing ability of Windows computer.

As a ground-breaking and innovative technology on the Microsoft .NET software development platform, LINQ (Language-Integrated Query) set up an efficient bridge between object-oriented programming languages and various data sources, which greatly reduces the complexity of software development.

As a tailor-made new programming language for Microsoft .NET Framework, C# (C Sharp) has both the powerful functions of C/C++ and user-friendly characteristics of Visual Basic. And now, it has evolved to 6.0, with various features emerging in endlessly. While it's rare to find C# teaching materials that can stand up to scrutiny on the market, and this might be because the reference on MSDN has been pretty comprehensive.

Every innovation of C# marks an important growth for this programming language, but the concomitant is a more steep learning curve. Therefore, looking for a detailed and easy to understand studying material is very important. Fortunately, this Programming C# series of international bestsellers published by O'Reilly has provided great help to C# programming beginners and programmers with certain basics.

C# (read as 'C Sharp')  is a simple, modern, object-oriented, and type-safe programming language derived from C and C++, which attempts to combine the rapid development ability of Visual Basic and the powerful flexible feature of C++. Programmers who understand the C or C++ will be able to become familiar with C# at once.