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[JMOdom]

:-DI am just starting to learn C#. I would appreciate if anybody could suggest some beginners books to study. If you happen to know the author or the ISBN number that would help also. Thank you.:rose::cool:

[DPRoberts]

I'm also quite new to C# but I find "Programming Microsoft Visual C# 2005: The Language" by Donis Marshall (ISBN-10: 0-7356-2181-0, published by Microsoft Press) to be a pretty good reference. It isn't for the raw beginner but if you are familiar with programming and object-oriented concepts it is pretty good.

--- "No one would surrender to the Dread Pirate Westley."

[mike montagne]

See Richter's "CLR via C#" Second Edition. The online C# language specifications aren't a bad introduction (if you already understand OOP), and they're free. If you are dipping clear down to raw C syntax, it's not a bad idea to casually study early sources such as "The C Programming Language." But really, learning the language is the easy part. Practice requires learning the libraries -- and there isn't much help there but in library documentation.

[Mark T]

I'd start with C# in Easy Steps. Only $10, and very basic... but everybody needs to start with the basics, don't they? Gives information in a very clear form. By Tim Anderson, ISBN 0-7607-5733-X. (I found mine at a Barnes and Noble store.)

[Matthew Cuba]

You know, for my money, the Troelsen book "Pro C# 2005 and the .NET 2.0 Platform" (ISBN 1-59059-419-3), published by Apress, is a good investment particularly if you pick things up quickly. It is a thick book but very well written. Have fun, Matt