desert code camp 2014: c#, the best programming language

Why I LOVE C#, !and you should too!!

@JamesMontemagno!

Who is this guy?!

James Montemagno!Developer Evangelist, Xamarin!

@JamesMontemagno !!motzcod.es!

MyStepCounterApp.com!

C Hash Tag?!

C Pound Sign?!

Musical note lying a chromatic semitone above C and a diatonic

semitone below D?!

C Sharp!!

What is this!C# thingy?!

The best programming language ever!!

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In my opinion…!!

Multi-paradigm programming language encompassing these programming disciplines:!§  Strong typing!§  Imperative!§  Declarative!§  Functional!§  Generic!§  Object-oriented (class-based)!§  Component-oriented!

Wikipedia Stuff!

What is this CLI thing?!

It is a standard!

Ecma (ECMA-334) !!ISO (ISO/IEC 23270:2006)!

Common Language Infrastructure!

An environment that allows multiple high-level languages to be used on a different computer environment.!

•  .NET Framework!•  Mono!•  Portable.NET!

CLI Implementations!

Where did C# come from?!

Anders Hejlsberg!

Awesome, awesome, awesome!!!!

§  Generics!§  Anonymous Types!§  Lambdas!§  LINQ!§  Coalesce nulls operator!§  Implicit Generics!§  Auto Properties!§  Namespace Aliases!§  Enum Values!§  Event Operators!§  Format String Brackets!§  Conditional Ternary!§  Checked & Unchecked!

§  Async/Await!§  Preprocessor Directives!§  Partial methods!§  Extension Methods!§  Object Initializers!§  Operator Overloading!§  Type Inference!§  WeakReference!§  System.IO.Path!§  Mutex!§  Nullable<T>!§  String.IsNullOrWhitespace()!§  Anonymous inline-functions!

DEMO TIME!!

Open source !compiler!!!http://roslyn.codeplex.com/!

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C# runs on a !bunch of devices…!

Tons of Microsoft Devices!!

Microsoft Development Stuff!

§ Win Forms!§ ASP.NET!§ WPF!§ Windows Phone!§ Windows Store!§ Silverlight!

But wait, !there’s more!!

More Devices Please!!

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Native iOS, Android, Mac, & Windows!Apps all in C# and Visual Studio!!

With Android Comes….!

But wait, !there’s more!!

More Devices Please!!

MonoGame!CocosSharp!

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C# for games too!!

C# Runs on 2.6 Billion Devices!!!

That is why I LOVE C#, !and you should too!!

Q & A!

Find Me:!@JamesMontemagno !motz.codes!