Audience

While we have tried to make this book useful to anyone interested in learning about C#, our primary audience is developers already familiar with an object-oriented language such as C++, Smalltalk, Java, or Delphi. C# facilitates writing web applications and services, as well as traditional standalone and client/server-based applications. Experience in any of these areas will make the advantages of C# and the .NET Framework more immediately apparent but isn't required.