The Evolution of C#

This is a work in progress. Primer for .NET Developer technical interview?

C# 2.0

• Generics: Jon Skeet, Microsoft
• Iterators: O'Reilly (Apr 2004), Microsoft
• Partial Classes: O'Reilly (Apr 2004), Microsoft
• Nullable types: Jon Skeet, Microsoft
• Anonymous Methods: O'Reilly (Apr 2004), Microsoft
• Static classes: Jon Skeet, Microsoft
• Partial types: Jon Skeet
• Indexers: Microsoft
• Aliases: Jon Skeet
• Property access modifiers: Jon Skeet
• Delegate changes: Jon Skeet, Microsoft (Covariance & Contravariance)
• Implementing iterators with yield statements: Jon Skeet
• Comprehensive: CodeProject, Microsoft

C# 3.0

• Implicitly Typed Local Variables: Microsoft (Mar 2007)
• Implicitly Typed Arrays: Microsoft (Mar 2007)
• Object & Collection Initializers: Microsoft (Mar 2007)
• Extension Methods: Microsoft (Mar 2007)
• Anonymous Types: Microsoft (Mar 2007)
• Lambda Expressions: Microsoft (Mar 2007)
• Query Expressions: Microsoft (Mar 2007)
• Expression Trees: Microsoft (Mar 2007)
• Auto-Implemented Properties: Microsoft (Mar 2007)

C# 4.0

• Dynamic Lookup: CodeProject (Jul 2009)
• Named and Optional parameters: CodeProject (Jul 2009)
• COM Interop: CodeProject (Jul 2009)
• Variance: CodeProject (Jul 2009)