Whirlwind 4: What's new is C# 2 - Accessors, Static Classes, Nullable Types

Bruce Kyle of Microsoft and Stuart Celarier of CheckFree explore the new languages features in C#. It's a whirlwind tour of the important language features since C# 1. Stuart describes the feature and why it is useful. But doesn't get into best practices nor suggested usages. Just the facts about the feature.

Whirlwinds are bite-sized webcasts, each is shorter than 15 minutes. You can start anywhere in the series to learn about the parts you're most interested in.

Part 4 is about accessors, static classes, and nullable types. Stuart shows how the features are similar to features in C# 1. Stuart explains how to write diferent accessors on properties. He explains the syntax of the ? that can be added to a type and the ?? operators. He shows how to determine if a value is null.

These features are part of C# 2 in .NET 2.0.

Duration: 9:40

Other Whirlwind episodes: what's new in C# 2

Whirlwind 1 - Generics

Whirlwind 2 - Iterators

Whirlwind 3 - Partial types, Anonymous methods