Pro C# 2008 And The .Net 3.5 Platform By Andrew Troelsen
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I have this[^] book for reference at work. Its helped me with quite allot of issues, i like the way its written and i think the author (Andrew Troelsen) really knows his stuff when i look as the way he codes. I now want to work through this book from beginning to end so that i can further my skill and better understand what i do. Does any body else have this book? Does any body have any other books by the author? Do you think its a good idea to work through the book from beginning to end or a waste of time? Any other thoughts?
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL
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I have this[^] book for reference at work. Its helped me with quite allot of issues, i like the way its written and i think the author (Andrew Troelsen) really knows his stuff when i look as the way he codes. I now want to work through this book from beginning to end so that i can further my skill and better understand what i do. Does any body else have this book? Does any body have any other books by the author? Do you think its a good idea to work through the book from beginning to end or a waste of time? Any other thoughts?
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL
you.suck = (you.passion != Programming)I agree, it's a very good book. I tend to use it more as a reference book also. I haven't read it cover to cover, I just dip into it when I need to understand how something works.
HarveySaayman wrote:
Do you think its a good idea to work through the book from beginning to end or a waste of time?
If you will gain knowledge, it will never be a waste of time. It is certainly an in depth look at c# & .net that will broaden your knowledge.
Simon
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I have this[^] book for reference at work. Its helped me with quite allot of issues, i like the way its written and i think the author (Andrew Troelsen) really knows his stuff when i look as the way he codes. I now want to work through this book from beginning to end so that i can further my skill and better understand what i do. Does any body else have this book? Does any body have any other books by the author? Do you think its a good idea to work through the book from beginning to end or a waste of time? Any other thoughts?
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL
you.suck = (you.passion != Programming)One of the guys in the office has it and the previous edition and rates it.
Kevin
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I have this[^] book for reference at work. Its helped me with quite allot of issues, i like the way its written and i think the author (Andrew Troelsen) really knows his stuff when i look as the way he codes. I now want to work through this book from beginning to end so that i can further my skill and better understand what i do. Does any body else have this book? Does any body have any other books by the author? Do you think its a good idea to work through the book from beginning to end or a waste of time? Any other thoughts?
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL
you.suck = (you.passion != Programming)It's a decent book, but definitely one to be treated as reference text. It skims over a lot of topics - it has to because it's scope is so broad.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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I have this[^] book for reference at work. Its helped me with quite allot of issues, i like the way its written and i think the author (Andrew Troelsen) really knows his stuff when i look as the way he codes. I now want to work through this book from beginning to end so that i can further my skill and better understand what i do. Does any body else have this book? Does any body have any other books by the author? Do you think its a good idea to work through the book from beginning to end or a waste of time? Any other thoughts?
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL
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I have this[^] book for reference at work. Its helped me with quite allot of issues, i like the way its written and i think the author (Andrew Troelsen) really knows his stuff when i look as the way he codes. I now want to work through this book from beginning to end so that i can further my skill and better understand what i do. Does any body else have this book? Does any body have any other books by the author? Do you think its a good idea to work through the book from beginning to end or a waste of time? Any other thoughts?
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL
you.suck = (you.passion != Programming)HarveySaayman wrote:
Do you think its a good idea to work through the book from beginning to end or a waste of time?
Depends on your way of learning. I tend to read reference books from start to end, and I generally get a lot out of doing so. I mentioned this once to a colleague - he thought I was wasting my time completely - but it works for me. The only one I've struggled to do that with was Stroustrup's C++ Programming Language[^], though it did put an end to my insomnia - and greatly improved my knowledge of the STL.
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HarveySaayman wrote:
Do you think its a good idea to work through the book from beginning to end or a waste of time?
Depends on your way of learning. I tend to read reference books from start to end, and I generally get a lot out of doing so. I mentioned this once to a colleague - he thought I was wasting my time completely - but it works for me. The only one I've struggled to do that with was Stroustrup's C++ Programming Language[^], though it did put an end to my insomnia - and greatly improved my knowledge of the STL.
- Dy
-Dy wrote:
Depends on your way of learning
i agree, and i think now would be the best time for to do this because I've now been programming in C# and .Net for about a year and a half, so I'm comfortable with the language and framework enough to be able to benefit from reading a book like this. Another reason would be to get into all the new .Net 3.5 stuff such as Linq(im actually working through the Linq stuff right now), WPF, WCF etc.
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL
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I have this[^] book for reference at work. Its helped me with quite allot of issues, i like the way its written and i think the author (Andrew Troelsen) really knows his stuff when i look as the way he codes. I now want to work through this book from beginning to end so that i can further my skill and better understand what i do. Does any body else have this book? Does any body have any other books by the author? Do you think its a good idea to work through the book from beginning to end or a waste of time? Any other thoughts?
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL
you.suck = (you.passion != Programming)Waste of time is relative. What would you do with that time otherwise?
Todd Smith
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Waste of time is relative. What would you do with that time otherwise?
Todd Smith
um... sleep :rolleyes:
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL
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