Chapter 2. From C++ to C#

This chapter focuses on various stages of building .NET applications—from development to debugging and deploying. You will write simple C# programs to explore common programming paradigms under the .NET Framework. In the process, you will learn the differences and similarities between C++ and C#. By the end of the chapter, readers will understand many key concepts of the .NET Framework and will be fairly comfortable developing simple .NET applications using C#.