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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.

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PatrickLinskey CForJavaProgrammers

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.

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C# for Java Developers

Patrick Linskey
[email protected]
@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
[email protected]
code: http://github.com/pcl

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