What's the best C# book?
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I am interested in getting up to speed with C# by getting a good book about it. Does anyone know of a book they can recommend that is easy to read (I don't have a large attention span), but also gives a large amount of information? I've been using the Visual Studio.NET IDE for C++, but haven't had the opportunity to do the C# thing yet. Any suggestions would be welcomed. Brigg Thorp Software Engineer Timex Corporation
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I am interested in getting up to speed with C# by getting a good book about it. Does anyone know of a book they can recommend that is easy to read (I don't have a large attention span), but also gives a large amount of information? I've been using the Visual Studio.NET IDE for C++, but haven't had the opportunity to do the C# thing yet. Any suggestions would be welcomed. Brigg Thorp Software Engineer Timex Corporation
If you're new to the platform, my favorites are: C# and the .NET Platform (Troelsen/Apress) Programming C# (Liberty/O'Reilly) Either of those are good introductions to the whole .NET thing... If you're interested more in the language and less in the platform, you might consider: A Programmer's Introduct to C# (Gunnerson/Apress) Though I know for a fact that there are some omissions and errors in this book - since I wrote it - I think it's a pretty good book. You can find some more info at http://www.dotnetbooks.com
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I am interested in getting up to speed with C# by getting a good book about it. Does anyone know of a book they can recommend that is easy to read (I don't have a large attention span), but also gives a large amount of information? I've been using the Visual Studio.NET IDE for C++, but haven't had the opportunity to do the C# thing yet. Any suggestions would be welcomed. Brigg Thorp Software Engineer Timex Corporation
I've had the Wrox Press Professional C# one for about 4 months and I must say that I havn't got past the introduction. It looks pretty good though and seems to cover everything from basics through to advanced. Although at 1200 pages you would expect it to cover everything wouldn't you? James Spibey I love the word naked, it's brilliant isn't it, 'naked'. When I was a kid I used to write the word naked on a bit of paper hundreds of times and rub my face in it - Jeff, Coupling, BBC2
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I've had the Wrox Press Professional C# one for about 4 months and I must say that I havn't got past the introduction. It looks pretty good though and seems to cover everything from basics through to advanced. Although at 1200 pages you would expect it to cover everything wouldn't you? James Spibey I love the word naked, it's brilliant isn't it, 'naked'. When I was a kid I used to write the word naked on a bit of paper hundreds of times and rub my face in it - Jeff, Coupling, BBC2
I also have this book, and I think the title should have the word "Beginner" rather than "Professional". There is a sample chapter of this book on CP I vote pro drink :beer:
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If you're new to the platform, my favorites are: C# and the .NET Platform (Troelsen/Apress) Programming C# (Liberty/O'Reilly) Either of those are good introductions to the whole .NET thing... If you're interested more in the language and less in the platform, you might consider: A Programmer's Introduct to C# (Gunnerson/Apress) Though I know for a fact that there are some omissions and errors in this book - since I wrote it - I think it's a pretty good book. You can find some more info at http://www.dotnetbooks.com
I tend to agree with Eric. Programming C# is a great book, and Jesse Liberty provides timely support for problems/errors with his book. I'm halfway through Troelsen's book now, and it has a few different ways of doing things. Some better, some worse. I started with Eric's book first, and didn't quite get enough information out of it to start writing an enterprise-level application. A nice intro to C# though. Andy Gaskell, MCSD
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I've had the Wrox Press Professional C# one for about 4 months and I must say that I havn't got past the introduction. It looks pretty good though and seems to cover everything from basics through to advanced. Although at 1200 pages you would expect it to cover everything wouldn't you? James Spibey I love the word naked, it's brilliant isn't it, 'naked'. When I was a kid I used to write the word naked on a bit of paper hundreds of times and rub my face in it - Jeff, Coupling, BBC2
Wrox books are huge because they print so much useless source code in them. They can be good though - the Beginning ATL/COM book was excellent. Christian I have come to clean zee pooollll. - Michael Martin Dec 30, 2001
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I've had the Wrox Press Professional C# one for about 4 months and I must say that I havn't got past the introduction. It looks pretty good though and seems to cover everything from basics through to advanced. Although at 1200 pages you would expect it to cover everything wouldn't you? James Spibey I love the word naked, it's brilliant isn't it, 'naked'. When I was a kid I used to write the word naked on a bit of paper hundreds of times and rub my face in it - Jeff, Coupling, BBC2
I haven't found any decent reviews on books related to .NET and C# so I guess I'm just going to go with the "big boys" that have always done me right in the past. Jeffrey Richter released a book today that I'm going to pick up and I noticed that there was a special on Amazon (but I'll probably buy through bookpool) to get Petzold and Richter's book together. I thought that was a pretty good idea. I can't really imagine going wrong with either of those guys.
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If you're new to the platform, my favorites are: C# and the .NET Platform (Troelsen/Apress) Programming C# (Liberty/O'Reilly) Either of those are good introductions to the whole .NET thing... If you're interested more in the language and less in the platform, you might consider: A Programmer's Introduct to C# (Gunnerson/Apress) Though I know for a fact that there are some omissions and errors in this book - since I wrote it - I think it's a pretty good book. You can find some more info at http://www.dotnetbooks.com
I'll second the opinion. C# and the .NET Platform is a good place to start.
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If you're new to the platform, my favorites are: C# and the .NET Platform (Troelsen/Apress) Programming C# (Liberty/O'Reilly) Either of those are good introductions to the whole .NET thing... If you're interested more in the language and less in the platform, you might consider: A Programmer's Introduct to C# (Gunnerson/Apress) Though I know for a fact that there are some omissions and errors in this book - since I wrote it - I think it's a pretty good book. You can find some more info at http://www.dotnetbooks.com
Eric Gunnerson (msft) wrote: If you're interested more in the language and less in the platform, you might consider: A Programmer's Introduct to C# (Gunnerson/Apress) Insert shameless plug here. ;) :)
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Eric Gunnerson (msft) wrote: If you're interested more in the language and less in the platform, you might consider: A Programmer's Introduct to C# (Gunnerson/Apress) Insert shameless plug here. ;) :)
Yeah, it probably would have worked better if I spelled the title correctly.
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I haven't found any decent reviews on books related to .NET and C# so I guess I'm just going to go with the "big boys" that have always done me right in the past. Jeffrey Richter released a book today that I'm going to pick up and I noticed that there was a special on Amazon (but I'll probably buy through bookpool) to get Petzold and Richter's book together. I thought that was a pretty good idea. I can't really imagine going wrong with either of those guys.
I've read some of Richter's book, and I think it will be good if you want to know the details of the runtime. I haven't seen Petzold's book, but I've heard good things about it.
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Yeah, it probably would have worked better if I spelled the title correctly.
That's what editors are for. The book was a good intro though.
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I am interested in getting up to speed with C# by getting a good book about it. Does anyone know of a book they can recommend that is easy to read (I don't have a large attention span), but also gives a large amount of information? I've been using the Visual Studio.NET IDE for C++, but haven't had the opportunity to do the C# thing yet. Any suggestions would be welcomed. Brigg Thorp Software Engineer Timex Corporation
I enjoyed reading Tom Archer's Inside C#. A nicely put together book covering a lot of the whys and hows of C#. It's probably a little out of date now being based on the betas but I learnt a fair bit about C# from it. Michael :-)
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I am interested in getting up to speed with C# by getting a good book about it. Does anyone know of a book they can recommend that is easy to read (I don't have a large attention span), but also gives a large amount of information? I've been using the Visual Studio.NET IDE for C++, but haven't had the opportunity to do the C# thing yet. Any suggestions would be welcomed. Brigg Thorp Software Engineer Timex Corporation
I have O'Reilly's "C# Essentials". It's a very streamlined explanation of the C# syntax (with some "C++ does this, but C# does this" kinds of topics), a few chapters about C# in .Net (network classes, threading issues, runtime stuff, etc.) and a big appendix. It was cheap and small, like me. Not really a recommendation, just thought i'd warn you. -c
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I have O'Reilly's "C# Essentials". It's a very streamlined explanation of the C# syntax (with some "C++ does this, but C# does this" kinds of topics), a few chapters about C# in .Net (network classes, threading issues, runtime stuff, etc.) and a big appendix. It was cheap and small, like me. Not really a recommendation, just thought i'd warn you. -c
Is there any reason to learn a new programming language when everybody here is dealing with C/C++? Plus, Microsoft is releasing Visual C++ .Net and I do not think we should leave C++ because of C# as a new programming language for a new development environment. What do you think? Greetings, :) Miguel Soto
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Is there any reason to learn a new programming language when everybody here is dealing with C/C++? Plus, Microsoft is releasing Visual C++ .Net and I do not think we should leave C++ because of C# as a new programming language for a new development environment. What do you think? Greetings, :) Miguel Soto
it never hurts to learn a new language - especially when you're trying to find a job. :( -c
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I enjoyed reading Tom Archer's Inside C#. A nicely put together book covering a lot of the whys and hows of C#. It's probably a little out of date now being based on the betas but I learnt a fair bit about C# from it. Michael :-)
Thank you very much for the kind words, Michael. If you enjoyed the first edition, then I have great news for you as the second edition (which we're finishing up now) has been beefed up considerably. In fact, I was so keen on coming out with a much more advanced book that I enlisted the help of two long-time CodeProject/CodeGuru contributors (Aravind Correra and Andrew Whitechapel) to co-author with me. The result is SUBSTANTIALLY more in-depth and complete text. If you want, I'll email you when the book is finished. In fact, I'll also ask MS about posting a sample chapter here from the new edition since we're only about 2 weeks from being finished. Thanks again for the kind remarks. Cheers, Tom Archer
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I've had the Wrox Press Professional C# one for about 4 months and I must say that I havn't got past the introduction. It looks pretty good though and seems to cover everything from basics through to advanced. Although at 1200 pages you would expect it to cover everything wouldn't you? James Spibey I love the word naked, it's brilliant isn't it, 'naked'. When I was a kid I used to write the word naked on a bit of paper hundreds of times and rub my face in it - Jeff, Coupling, BBC2
I've had it for equally as long. Good book, but the reason I choose Wrox Press books over others isn't because of the joy I get circling all the punctuation and grammar errors with my pencil.... I simply love the typography. The fonts make me feel really good and the size is just perfect. Great contrast between the headings and the actual text. Overall just a really pleasing asthetic experience. One of these days I'm going to write a summary of the book and rub my face in it. - Jason SonorkID: 100.12194 :bob:'s your uncle
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I am interested in getting up to speed with C# by getting a good book about it. Does anyone know of a book they can recommend that is easy to read (I don't have a large attention span), but also gives a large amount of information? I've been using the Visual Studio.NET IDE for C++, but haven't had the opportunity to do the C# thing yet. Any suggestions would be welcomed. Brigg Thorp Software Engineer Timex Corporation
Brigg Thorp wrote: I am interested in getting up to speed with C# by getting a good book about it. Does anyone know of a book they can recommend that is easy to read (I don't have a large attention span), but also gives a large amount of information? I've been using the Visual Studio.NET IDE for C++, but haven't had the opportunity to do the C# thing yet. Any suggestions would be welcomed. Well, I've been reading Inside C#, though this is a book primarily for beginners (like VB programmers). Though, since you have a grasp of C++, maybe reading the .Net Framework Documentation itself might be helpful and cheaper. You can go look under (Reference->Compiler and Language Reference->C#). You can probably find it on MSDN somewhere, but I don't have the time to look for it right now. I try to download the complete documentation whenever possible. Frank
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If you're new to the platform, my favorites are: C# and the .NET Platform (Troelsen/Apress) Programming C# (Liberty/O'Reilly) Either of those are good introductions to the whole .NET thing... If you're interested more in the language and less in the platform, you might consider: A Programmer's Introduct to C# (Gunnerson/Apress) Though I know for a fact that there are some omissions and errors in this book - since I wrote it - I think it's a pretty good book. You can find some more info at http://www.dotnetbooks.com
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