Conventions

In this book, you will find a number of text styles that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles and an explanation of their meaning.

Code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles are shown as follows: " The code you will write will be stored in the file named Program.cs."

A block of code is set as follows:

// the best nieces and nephews in the world
names[0] = "Kate";
names[1] = "Jack";
names[2] = "Rebecca";
names[3] = "Tom";

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

// the best nieces and nephews in the world
names[0] = "Kate";
names[1] = "Jack";
names[2] = "Rebecca";
names[3] = "Tom"; 

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

csc my.cs /target:library

New terms and important words are shown in bold. Words that you see on the screen, for example, in menus or dialog boxes, appear in the text like this: "In Visual Studio, from the View menu, choose Other Windows, and then C# Interactive."

Note

Warnings or important notes appear in a box like this.

Tip

Tips and tricks appear like this.