Introduction

C# as a programming language first appeared in 2000. Its development team is led by the prominent Danish software engineer Anders Hejlsberg. He is the lead architect of C# and core developer of TypeScript. The C# programming language is simple to use, and this book will deal with C# 6.0, which was released on 20 July, 2015.

Knowing what new language features are available in C# 6.0 will not only make you a more effective developer, but will also allow you to implement the latest and best practices in the software that you create. A little-known fact is that C# was actually called C-like Object Oriented Language (Cool) before its release at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference in July 2000, but was changed to C# at the time of its release.

The name might have changed, but C# remains a very cool language to learn and use. This chapter will take you through the new features of C# 6.0 and illustrate how to effectively use these features in you daily programming tasks.