Introduction

We are both twelve-year veterans of the technology treadmill. Having reinvented ourselves numerous times during our careers, we have always stayed towards the leading edge of the technology curve. It is this desire to stay ahead that drove us to seek a deep understanding of first Java, and now C# and .NET.

Why We Wrote This Book

As Java programmers, we would have found this book useful when starting out with Microsoft .NET and C#. The similarities between C# and Java are immediate and obvious, but there are many challenges to be overcome before a competent Java programmer can become effective with C#. Having faced these challenges, we saw the opportunity to use the similarities and our experience to guide prospective C# developers past ...

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