This document summarizes a talk on C# for Java developers. It introduces the speaker and intended audience, notes some terminology differences between C# and Java like Common Language Runtime instead of JVM, and covers various C# features like LINQ, anonymous types, generics, and some differences from Java like virtual methods being non-default. It also discusses tools like Visual Studio and testing frameworks, and notes some ecosystem weaknesses in C# compared to Java.
This document summarizes a talk on C# for Java developers. It introduces the speaker and intended audience, notes some terminology differences between C# and Java like Common Language Runtime instead of JVM, and covers various C# features like LINQ, anonymous types, generics, and some differences from Java like virtual methods being non-default. It also discusses tools like Visual Studio and testing frameworks, and notes some ecosystem weaknesses in C# compared to Java.
This document summarizes a talk on C# for Java developers. It introduces the speaker and intended audience, notes some terminology differences between C# and Java like Common Language Runtime instead of JVM, and covers various C# features like LINQ, anonymous types, generics, and some differences from Java like virtual methods being non-default. It also discusses tools like Visual Studio and testing frameworks, and notes some ecosystem weaknesses in C# compared to Java.
This document summarizes a talk on C# for Java developers. It introduces the speaker and intended audience, notes some terminology differences between C# and Java like Common Language Runtime instead of JVM, and covers various C# features like LINQ, anonymous types, generics, and some differences from Java like virtual methods being non-default. It also discusses tools like Visual Studio and testing frameworks, and notes some ecosystem weaknesses in C# compared to Java.
Patrick Linskey plinskey@gmail.com @plinskey Who am I?
• Patrick Linskey • 13 years of Java experience, 11 professionally • 2 years of professional C# experience Who are you?
• Hopefully, Java developers who are
interested in learning about C# • ... for client, server, or mobile deployment Apology to Readers Much of this talk happens in Visual Studio. Sorry about that.
I will make the code available at http://
github.com/pcl -- the commit history provides some detail. [Anders Hejlsberg] Some Terminology
• Common Language Runtime, not JVM
• Intermediate Language, not Java bytecode • Assembly, not JAR • [Attribute], not @Annotation [Syntax] Coding Conventions • All methods use InitialCaps • Constants use InitialCaps instead of ALL_CAPS • Namespaces are not as consistently-scoped as are packages in the Java world • Assembly names are first-class constructs [Unit Testing] MSTest vs. NUnit
• I use NUnit because it seems more familiar
• Without ReSharper, NUnit / Visual Studio integration is a bit weak Visual Studio
• Most people seem to use it
• $$$ • ReSharper (plugin from JetBrains) is a must • #1 awesome Visual Studio feature: program counter manipulation during debug sessions [LINQ and Functions] LINQ
• Can evaluate LINQ queries against
database, XML, collections, etc. • Anything IEnumerable or IQueryable
• Also: JOIN, GROUP BY, HAVING, ...
Function Objects
• We saw Func<int, int> in fib
• Generally: Func<TArg1, TArg2, TReturn> • Support for up to 16 arguments! Action Objects
• Action<TArg1, TArg2, ...>
• Also supports 16 args! • Equivalent to a void method return type Tuples
• Tuple<T1, T2, T3, ...>
• Up to 8 items
• Useful for easy multi-object returns, LINQ
queries Anonymous Types • Predate tuples var ratio = new { Numerator = 2, Denominator = 3 }; Console.Out.WriteLine( ratio.Numerator / ratio.Denominator); [Object-Orientation] Virtual keyword
• By default, methods are resolved at compile
time • To get polymorphic method invocation, highlight the methods as ‘virtual’ The Ecosystem Third-Party is Weak
• Outside UI widgets, nowhere near as much
activity as in the Java world • Few open-source projects • http://stackoverflow.com is your friend Spring.NET is great • Lags the Java Spring Framework a bit • I’ve only used dependency injection and lifecycle management features
• WPF (and presumably Silverlight) have their
own resource management • It’s possible to bridge the two Yay! • Generics are reified, and support covariance and contravariance • Dynamic method invocation with the ‘dynamic’ pseudo-type (akin to ObjC’s ‘id’) • += syntax for all delegate fields / properties • Func, Action, raw Delegate More Cool Stuff
• @ strings • Indexers • Partial classes (UI and codegen) • Structs Some Missing Features • No anonymous inner classes (use closures / function objects instead) • All inner classes are static • Enums cannot have state or methods • Can emulate methods with extension methods Questions?
Patrick Linskey plinskey@gmail.com code: http://github.com/pcl
