Updated to cover changes in the latest edition of the C# language and including several areas of new and expanded content, the second edition of this introductory computer science textbook provides step-by-step instructions for learning C# within the .NET framework. Intended for beginners, but providing enough content for a two semester course or for intermediate students, the volume covers programming basics and all aspects of the language syntax, data structures, networking and database integration. The work includes numerous illustrations and code examples as well as several sets of exercises at the end of each chapter. Gittleman teaches computer science at California State University, Long beach. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)