Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

Code in text: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: “The developer called the GC.Collect() function, which forces a collection event.”

A block of code is set as follows:

struct Point 
{
    public int X; 
    public int Y; 
}

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: “A variable is declared to have a type and a name.”

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