This tutorial book presents six carefully revised lectures given at the Spring School on Datatype-Generic Programming, SSDGP 2006. This was held in Nottingham, UK, in April 2006. It was colocated with the Symposium on Trends in Functional Programming (TFP 2006), and the Conference of the Types Project (TYPES 2006). All the lectures have been subjected to thorough internal review by the editors and contributors, supported by independent external reviews.

After a dozen years of incremental changes, C# has become one of the most versatile programming languages available. With this comprehensive guide, you’ll learn just how powerful the combination of C# 5.0 and .NET 4.5 can be. Author Ian Griffiths guides you through C# 5.0 fundamentals and teaches you techniques for building web and desktop applications, including Windows 8-style apps. Completely rewritten for experienced programmers, this book provides many code examples to help you work with the nuts and bolts of C# code, such as generics, dynamic typing, and the new asynchronous programming features. You’ll also get up to speed on XAML, ASP.NET, LINQ, and other .NET tools. Discover how C# supports fundamental coding features such as classes, other custom types, collections, and error handling Understand the differences between dynamic and static typing in C# Query and process diverse data sources such as in-memory object models, databases, and XML documents with LINQ Use .NET’s multithreading features to exploit your computer’s parallel processing capabilities Learn how the new asynchronous language features can help improve application responsiveness and scalability Use XAML to create Windows 8-style, phone, and classic desktop applications

C# is undeniably one of the most versatile programming languages available to engineers today. With this comprehensive guide, you’ll learn just how powerful the combination of C# and .NET can be. Author Ian Griffiths guides you through C# 8.0 fundamentals and techniques for building cloud, web, and desktop applications. Designed for experienced programmers, this book provides many code examples to help you work with the nuts and bolts of C#, such as generics, LINQ, and asynchronous programming features. You’ll get up to speed on .NET Core and the latest C# 8.0 additions, including asynchronous streams, nullable references, pattern matching, default interface implementation, ranges and new indexing syntax, and changes in the .NET tool chain. Discover how C# supports fundamental coding features, such as classes, other custom types, collections, and error handling Learn how to write high-performance memory-efficient code with .NET Core’s Span and Memory types Query and process diverse data sources, such as in-memory object models, databases, data streams, and XML documents with LINQ Use .NET’s multithreading features to exploit your computer’s parallel processing capabilities Learn how asynchronous language features can help improve application responsiveness and scalability

Java in a Nutshell, Deluxe Editionis a Java programmer's dream come true in one small package. The heart of this Deluxe Edition is the Java Reference Library on CD-ROM, which brings together five volumes for Java developers and programmers, linking related info across books. It includes:Exploring Java, 2nd Edition,Java Language Reference, 2nd Edition,Java Fundamental Classes Reference,Java AWT Reference, andJava in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition, included both on the CD-ROM and in a companion desktop edition.Java in a Nutshell, Deluxe Editionis an indispensable resource for anyone doing serious programming with Java 1.1. The Java Reference Library alone is also available by subscription on the World Wide Web. Please seehttp://online-books.oreilly.com/books/​javaref/for details. The electronic text on the Web and on the CD is fully searchable and includes a complete index to all five volumes. It also includes the sample code found in the printed volumes. Exploring Java, 2nd Editionintroduces the basics of Java 1.1 and offers a clear, systematic overview of the language. It covers the essentials of hot topics like Beans and RMI, as well as writing applets and other applications, such as networking programs, content and protocol handlers, and security managers. TheJava Language Reference, 2nd Editionis a complete reference that describes all aspects of the Java language, including syntax, object-oriented programming, exception handling, multithreaded programming, and differences between Java and C/C++. The second edition covers the new language features that have been added in Java 1.1, such as inner classes, class literals, and instance initializers. TheJava Fundamental Classes Referenceprovides complete reference documentation on the core Java 1.1 classes that comprise thejava.lang,java.io,java.net,java.util,java.text,java.math,java.lang.reflect, andjava.util.zippackages. These classes provide general-purpose functionality that is fundamental to every Java application. TheJava AWT Referenceprovides complete reference documentation on the Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT), a large collection of classes for building graphical user interfaces in Java. Java in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition, the bestselling book on Java and the one most often recommended on the Internet, is a complete quick-reference guide to Java, containing descriptions of all of the classes in the Java 1.1 core API, with a definitive listing of all methods and variables, with the exception of the still-evolving Enterprise APIs. These APIs will be covered in a future volume. Highlights of the library include: History and principles of Java How to integrate applets into the World Wide Web A detailed look into Java's style of object-oriented programming Detailed coverage of all the essential classes injava.lang,java.io,java.util,java.net,java.awt Using threads Network programming Content and protocol handling A detailed explanation of Java's image processing mechanisms Material on graphics primitives and rendering techniques Writing a security manager System requirements: The CD-ROM is readable on all Windows and UNIX platforms. Current implementations of the Java Virtual Machine for the Mac platform do not support the Java search applet in this CD-ROM. Mac users can purchase the World Wide Web version (seehttp://online-books.oreilly.com/books/​javaref/for more information). A Web browser that supports HTML 3.2, Java, and JavaScript, such as Netscape 3.0 or Internet Explorer 3.0, is required.

Generic programming is about making programs more adaptable by making them more general. Generic programs often embody non-traditional kinds of polymorphism; ordinary programs are obtained from them by suitably instantiating their parameters. In contrast with normal programs, the parameters of a generic program are often quite rich in structure; for example, they may be other programs, types or type constructors, class hierarchies, or even programming paradigms. Generic programming techniques have always been of interest, both to practitioners and to theoreticians, but only recently have generic programming techniques become a specific focus of research in the functional and object-oriented programming language communities. Generic Programming comprises the edited proceedings of the Working Conference on Generic Programming, which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and held in Dagstuhl, Germany in July 2002. With contributions from leading researchers around the world, this volume captures the state of the art in this important emerging area.

This tutorial book presents seven carefully revised lectures given at the 6th International School on Functional Programming, AFP 2008, in Heijen, The Netherlands in May 2008. The book presents the following seven, carefully cross-reviewed chapters, written by leading authorities in the field: Self-adjusting: Computation with Delta ML, spider spinning for dummies, from reduction-based to reduction-free normalization, libraries for generic programming in Haskell, dependently typed programming in agda, parallel and concurrent programming in Haskell and an iTask case study: a conference management system.

A handbook to the Coq software for writing and checking mathematical proofs, with a practical engineering focus. The technology of mechanized program verification can play a supporting role in many kinds of research projects in computer science, and related tools for formal proof-checking are seeing increasing adoption in mathematics and engineering. This book provides an introduction to the Coq software for writing and checking mathematical proofs. It takes a practical engineering focus throughout, emphasizing techniques that will help users to build, understand, and maintain large Coq developments and minimize the cost of code change over time. Two topics, rarely discussed elsewhere, are covered in detail: effective dependently typed programming (making productive use of a feature at the heart of the Coq system) and construction of domain-specific proof tactics. Almost every subject covered is also relevant to interactive computer theorem proving in general, not just program verification, demonstrated through examples of verified programs applied in many different sorts of formalizations. The book develops a unique automated proof style and applies it throughout; even experienced Coq users may benefit from reading about basic Coq concepts from this novel perspective. The book also offers a library of tactics, or programs that find proofs, designed for use with examples in the book. Readers will acquire the necessary skills to reimplement these tactics in other settings by the end of the book. All of the code appearing in the book is freely available online.