New .net book

[David]

I am just starting to learn .net and ordered c# the the .net platfrom by Andrew Troelsen. This looks like a good book to learn about .net and c# sharp. I have read the 1st chapter which is an intro and part of the 2nd about c#. The book is based on beta 2 and is 970 pages. Check out http://www.apress.com/catalog/toc/1893115593/ for more info. But here is the table of contents: Chapter 1: The Philosophy of .NET Chapter 2: C# language Fundamentals Chapter 3: Object Oriented Programming Chapter 4: Interfaces and Collections Chapter 5: Advanced C# Class Construction Techniques Chapter 6: Assemblies, Threads and AppDomains Chapter 7: Reflection and Attributes Chapter 8: Building a Better Window (intro to Windows Forms) Chapter 9: A Better Painting Framework (GDI+) Chapter 10: Programming with Windows Forms Controls Chapter 11: Input, Output and Object Serialization Chapter 12: Interacting with Existing Systems Chapter 13: Data Access with ADO.NET Chapter 14: Web Development and ASP.NET Chapter 15: Building (and Understanding) Web Services