C# Syntax Shortcuts

Question

I was wondering if there exists somewhere a collection or list of C# syntax shortcuts. Things as simple omitting the curly braces on if statements all the way up to things like the ?? coalesce operator.

Answer 1

I don't know of a precompiled list, but the C# Reference (especially the C# Keywords section) concisely contains the information you're looking for if you're willing to read a bit.

Answer 2

How does this C# basic reference pdf document looks to you?

Here's another pdf.

Answer 3

a = b ? c : d ;

is short for

if (b) a = c; else a = d;

And

int MyProp{get;set;}

is short for

int myVar;
int MyProp{get {return myVar; } set{myVar=value;}}

Also see the code templates in visual studio which allows you to speed coding up.

But note that short code doesn't mean necessarily good code.

Answer 4

My all time favorite is

a = b ?? c;

which translates to

if (b != null) then a = b; else a = c;

Answer 5

They are not syntax shortcuts, but snippets are great coding shortcuts. Typing prop (tab)(tab), for example, stubs out the code you need for a property.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms165392%28VS.80%29.aspx