Screencast: What's new in C# 3 - Automatically Implemented Properties, Type Inference, Initializer

Bruce Kyle of Microsoft and Stuart Celarier of CheckFree explore the new languages features in C#. It's a whirlwind tour of the important language features since C# 1. Stuart describes the feature and why it is useful. But doesn't get into best practices nor suggested usages. Just the facts about the feature.

Whirlwinds are bite-sized webcasts, each is shorter than 15 minutes. You can start anywhere in the series to learn about the parts you're most interested in.
Part 5 is about automatically implemented properties, type inference, and initializers. These are features that can save you tons of typing. These features are part of C# 3 in .NET 3.5.

Other Whirlwind episodes: What's new in C# 2
Whirlwind 1 - Generics
Whirlwind 2 - Iterators
Whirlwind 3 - Partial types, Anonymous methods
Whirlwind 4 - Accessors, Static Classes, Nullable Types

What's new in C# 3
Whirlwind 5 - Automatically Implemented Properties, Type Inference, Initializer