New CSharp Language features 3.0 and 4.0

New features

C# 3.0

• see http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/csharp3.aspx
• see http://soumya.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/new-features-in-c-part-ii-c-3-0/

• Automatic Properties
  • used already in the web server for conference backend. saves writing dumb code
• Object Initializer
  • used by ext.net which is used by the web server for conference backend.
• Collection Initializers, Dictionary Initializers
• Extension Methods
• LINQ
• Anonymous Types and Implicit Type Variables
• Lambda Expressions
• Partial Methods

C# 4.0

• see http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/CSharp4Features.aspx
• see http://soumya.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/new-features-in-c-part-iii-c-4-0/

• Named and Optional Parameters
  • this looks most interesting for us
• Dynamic Support
• Variance
• COM Interop

Mono and new C# features

TODO