Good C# Book

Posted By: thumbtacks2 | Aug 29th, 2007 @ 1:47 PM
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#Aug 29th, 2007 @ 1:47 PM
thumbtacks2
thumbtacks2
Hi...what would you recommend as a good, all-purpose C# book? I have a fair amount of C/C++/Win32 experience already and I would like a book that doesn't strictly limit itself to console-type applications.
 
I need to build some extra tools that may involve GDI+ and WinForms (for personal use). :O
#Aug 29th, 2007 @ 1:50 PM
PaoloM
PaoloM
By definition, a book on C# is limited to be a showcase for the language characterists. These characteristics can be exposed via simple programs, usually console samples.

If you need something other than that, then you want a Winfoms book. Or an ASP.NET book. Or a WPF book. etc etc
#Aug 29th, 2007 @ 1:52 PM
thumbtacks2
thumbtacks2
PaoloM wrote:
By definition, a book on C# is limited to be a showcase for the language characterists. These characteristics can be exposed via simple programs, usually console samples.
I noticed that before...hence my post. So I suppose a Winforms book might be better, then? Preferably one where they actually have a visual of the forms they create might be nice, too.
#Aug 29th, 2007 @ 7:01 PM
Kayler
Kayler
C# Primer Plus.  It's an older book, but I found it great for picking up C#.  I find it best to teach you the language and not an interface like Visual Studio for coding.
#Aug 30th, 2007 @ 3:37 AM
Be#
Be#

I absolutely recommend Andrew Troelsen's Pro C# with .NET 3.0 - the best book on C# I ever read (and I "tried" a lot...). The book, however, covers the language and all of its advanced constructs in-depth, it does not focus on building WinForms apps, though it also covers WinForms.

For WinForms I found Erik Brown's Windows Forms Programming with C# VERY helpful. This one takes you through building an entire ap with Visual Studio step-by-step.

 

#Aug 30th, 2007 @ 4:06 AM
Adam360
Adam360

I definitely recommend Andrew Troelsen's Pro C# with .NET 3.0 as stated above (I think there may be a new version coming out for the 3.5 framework soon). It is a great book and ALOT better than most of the other ones I have read out there!

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