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C# 2008 Language Features

C#

2008, the current release of Microsoft’s flagship .NET programming language, introduces a

large number of new syntactic constructs, one of which (the lambda operator) you have already

explored in Chapter 11. This chapter will complete your investigation of the new language features

offered by C# 2008. Specifically, you will examine implicit data typing, automatic properties, exten-

sion methods, partial methods, object initializers, and the role of anonymous types.

While many of these new language features can be used directly out of the box to help build

robust and highly functional .NET software, it is also worth pointing out that many of these new

constructs are most helpful when interacting with the LINQ technology set, which you’ll begin to

examine in Chapter 14. Given this fact, don’t be too concerned if the usefulness of some of these

new constructs is not immediately obvious. Once you understand the role of LINQ, the role of many

of these new features will become crystal clear.