Book recommendation for learning c#

User 883718

Can anyone recommend a good book for self learning C#? I'm looking for something that is reasonably up to date and has plenty of programming exercises to stretch the brain. I like the Deitel books because they have good exercises, but they cost too much and weigh a ton. A book that includes multimedia programming would be good but not essential. Thanks James Melbourne

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Personally I love this[^] book ... it doesn't really have any exercises but its a great foundation for learning C#. It's currently in it's 4th edition having been updated each time for the various releases of C# and .Net and covers everything from your primative types to Linq :)

Scott Dorman

Any of the O'Reilly books are good. They don't usually have programming excercises like Deitel but they are excellent resources.

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For newone in C# its good to study Visual C# for dummies also you can go for SAMS book i.e Teach yourself Visual C# in 21 days but as you said you want exercises then still i ll prefer Dietel book of csharp! You can have its electronic or soft version... Wrox press's book "Beginning Visual C# 2005" is good too.

Colin Angus Mackay

Member 884411 wrote:

Can anyone recommend a good book for self learning C#?

I've found that the Microsoft Press Step-by-Step series are really quite good.

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Pete OHanlon

I'd second that recommendation. While it doesn't cover absolutely everything, it does give you enough to know how to accomplish most tasks, and it points you in the right direction when you need to go beyond "the basics".

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User 883718

Deitel it is then I think. Thanks all for your responses. James