C# 2008 for Programmers (3rd Edition) [Paperback]

Paul J. Deitel (Author), Harvey M. Deitel (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0137144156 | ISBN-13: 978-0137144150 | Publication Date: October 6, 2008 | Edition: 3

The professional programmer’s Deitel^® guide to C# and the powerful Microsoft^® .NET Framework

 

Written for programmers with a background in C++, Java or other high-level languages, this book applies the Deitel signature live-code approach to teaching programming and explores Microsoft’s C# language and .NET Framework 3.5 in depth. The book is updated for Visual Studio® 2008 and C# 3.0, and presents C# concepts in the context of fully tested programs, complete with syntax shading, code highlighting, line-by-line code descriptions, and program outputs. The book features 200+ C# applications with about 20,000 lines of proven C# code, and hundreds of tips that will help you build robust applications.

 

Start with a concise introduction to C# using an early classes and objects approach, then rapidly move on to more advanced topics, including the .NET Framework 3.5, LINQ, WPF, ASP.NET AJAX, WCF web services and Silverlight™. You’ll enjoy the Deitels’ classic treatment of object-oriented programming and the OOD/UML™ ATM case study, including a complete C# implementation. When you’re finished, you’ll have everything you need to build next-generation Windows applications, web applications and web services.

 

TheDeitel® Developer Series isdesigned for practicing programmers. The series presents focused treatments of emerging technologies, including .NET, Java™, web services, Internet and web development, and more.      

 

Practical, example-rich coverage of:

 

• .Net Framework 3.5
• Types, Arrays, LINQ to Objects
• Exception Handling
• LINQ, Object/Collection Initializers
• OOP: Classes, Inheritance, Polymorphism, Interfaces
• WinForms, WPF, XAML, Event Handling
• WPF Graphics/Multimedia, Silverlight^™
• Lists, Queues, Stacks, Trees
• Generic Collections, Generic Methods and Classes
• XML^®, LINQ to XML
• Database, SQL, LINQ to SQL
• ASP.NET 3.5, ASP.NET AJAX
• Web Forms, Web Controls
• WCF Web Services
• OOD/UML^™ 2 CASE STUDY
• And more

Visit www.deitel.com to:

 

• Download code examples
• Check out the growing list of programming, Web 2.0, and software-related Resource Centers
• To receive updates for this book, subscribe to the free Deitel^® Buzz Online e-mail newsletter at www.deitel.com/newsletter/subscribe.html
• Read archived issues of the Deitel^® Buzz Online
• Visit www.deitel.com/training for information on Deitel’s Dive Into^® Series corporate training courses delivered on-site worldwide

 

 

Pre-Publication Reviewer Testimonials

 

“The ultimate, comprehensive book that teaches you how to program using the latest Microsoft technologies. Excellent explanations, lots of examples, all the necessary theoretical background and all the latest technologies for desktop, web and databases. The best overview of Silverlight.“

–Kirill Osenkov, Microsoft

 

“An excellent, true objects-first book. Excellent introduction to collections. The generics material is a real asset.“
–Gavin Osborne, Saskatchewan Institutue of Applied Science & Technology

 

“The early Introduction to Classes and Objects is brilliant. Coverage of ASP.NET 3.5 is exceptional. Includes a great introduction to ASP.NET AJAX.“

–José Antonio González Seco, Parliament of Andalusia

 

“Great chapter on polymorphism.“

–Eric Lippert, Microsoft

 

“Illustrates the best practices of C# programming. Teaches how to ‘program in the large,’ with material on object-oriented programming and software engineering principles.“

–Mingsheng Hong, Cornell University

 

“Excellent introduction to the world of .NET, using the Deitels’ live-code approach and real-world examples.“

–Bonnie Berent, Microsoft C# MVP

 

“Excellent chapter on exceptions. Very good chapter on Winforms GUIs.“

–Marcelo Guerra Hahn, Microsoft

 

“Perfect for professionals. Thorough introductions to the debugger and LINQ.“

–Vinay Ahuja, Microsoft

 

“The TV/video viewer will enthuse readers and help them see how complex graphics effects can be created easily in WPF. A good example of data binding in WPF.“

—Ged Mead, Microsoft MVP, DevCity.Net

 

“An excellent introduction to XML, LINQ to XML and related technologies.“

—Helena Kotas, Microsoft

 

“Good overview of relational databases. It hits on the right LINQ to SQL idioms.“

—Alex Turner, Microsoft

 

“Great overview of producing and consuming web services with WCF.“

—Dan Crevier, Microsoft

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

The professional programmer’s Deitel^® guide to C# and the powerful Microsoft^® .NET Framework

 

Written for programmers with a background in C++, Java or other high-level languages, this book applies the Deitel signature live-code approach to teaching programming and explores Microsoft’s C# language and .NET Framework 3.5 in depth. The book is updated for Visual Studio® 2008 and C# 3.0, and presents C# concepts in the context of fully tested programs, complete with syntax shading, code highlighting, line-by-line code descriptions, and program outputs. The book features 200+ C# applications with about 20,000 lines of proven C# code, and hundreds of tips that will help you build robust applications.

 

Start with a concise introduction to C# using an early classes and objects approach, then rapidly move on to more advanced topics, including the .NET Framework 3.5, LINQ, WPF, ASP.NET AJAX, WCF web services and Silverlight™. You’ll enjoy the Deitels’ classic treatment of object-oriented programming and the OOD/UML™ ATM case study, including a complete C# implementation. When you’re finished, you’ll have everything you need to build next-generation Windows applications, web applications and web services.

 

TheDeitel® Developer Series isdesigned for practicing programmers. The series presents focused treatments of emerging technologies, including .NET, Java™, web services, Internet and web development, and more.      

 

Practical, example-rich coverage of:

 

• .Net Framework 3.5
• Types, Arrays, LINQ to Objects
• Exception Handling
• LINQ, Object/Collection Initializers
• OOP: Classes, Inheritance, Polymorphism, Interfaces
• WinForms, WPF, XAML, Event Handling
• WPF Graphics/Multimedia, Silverlight^™
• Lists, Queues, Stacks, Trees
• Generic Collections, Generic Methods and Classes
• XML^®, LINQ to XML
• Database, SQL, LINQ to SQL
• ASP.NET 3.5, ASP.NET AJAX
• Web Forms, Web Controls
• WCF Web Services
• OOD/UML^™ 2 CASE STUDY
• And more

Visit www.deitel.com to:

 

• Download code examples
• Check out the growing list of programming, Web 2.0, and software-related Resource Centers
• To receive updates for this book, subscribe to the free Deitel^® Buzz Online e-mail newsletter at www.deitel.com/newsletter/subscribe.html
• Read archived issues of the Deitel^® Buzz Online
• Visit www.deitel.com/training for information on Deitel’s Dive Into^® Series corporate training courses delivered on-site worldwide

 

 

Pre-Publication Reviewer Testimonials

 

“The ultimate, comprehensive book that teaches you how to program using the latest Microsoft technologies. Excellent explanations, lots of examples, all the necessary theoretical background and all the latest technologies for desktop, web and databases. The best overview of Silverlight.“

–Kirill Osenkov, Microsoft

 

“An excellent, true objects-first book. Excellent introduction to collections. The generics material is a real asset.“
–Gavin Osborne, Saskatchewan Institutue of Applied Science & Technology

 

“The early Introduction to Classes and Objects is brilliant. Coverage of ASP.NET 3.5 is exceptional. Includes a great introduction to ASP.NET AJAX.“

–José Antonio González Seco, Parliament of Andalusia

 

“Great chapter on polymorphism.“

–Eric Lippert, Microsoft

 

“Illustrates the best practices of C# programming. Teaches how to ‘program in the large,’ with material on object-oriented programming and software engineering principles.“

–Mingsheng Hong, Cornell University

 

“Excellent introduction to the world of .NET, using the Deitels’ live-code approach and real-world examples.“

–Bonnie Berent, Microsoft C# MVP

 

“Excellent chapter on exceptions. Very good chapter on Winforms GUIs.“

–Marcelo Guerra Hahn, Microsoft

 

“Perfect for professionals. Thorough introductions to the debugger and LINQ.“

–Vinay Ahuja, Microsoft

 

“The TV/video viewer will enthuse readers and help them see how complex graphics effects can be created easily in WPF. A good example of data binding in WPF.“

—Ged Mead, Microsoft MVP, DevCity.Net

 

“An excellent introduction to XML, LINQ to XML and related technologies.“

—Helena Kotas, Microsoft

 

“Good overview of relational databases. It hits on the right LINQ to SQL idioms.“

—Alex Turner, Microsoft

 

“Great overview of producing and consuming web services with WCF.“

—Dan Crevier, Microsoft

About the Author

Dr. Harvey M. Deitel, Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer of Deitel and Associates, Inc., has 45 years of academic and industry experience in the computer field. He has 20 years of college teaching experience, including serving as the Chairman of the Computer Science Dept at Boston College before founding Deitel and Associates, Inc., with his son, Paul J. Deitel. Paul J. Deitel, CEO and Chief Technical Officer of Deitel and Associates, Inc., is a graduate of MIT's Sloan School of Management, where he studied Information Technology. He has delivered Java, C, C++ , C#, and Visual Basic courses to industry clients, including many of the Fortune 500.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1296 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 3 edition (October 6, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0137144156
• ISBN-13: 978-0137144150
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #87,140 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #61 in Books > Computers & Technology > Programming > Languages & Tools > C#

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent learning tool, February 3, 2009

By 

Paul J. Sutton "Investor Programmer" (Cary, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: C# 2008 for Programmers (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

I own a number of C# 2008 books, and this is the best of the lot. The language is introduced in a very logical manner, each chapter building on the previous, which you would think would be the norm, but isn't always. The code examples always work, again as you would expect but doesn't always happen, with the exception of two minor formatting glitches: code examples for console code need a 'Console.Readline();' statement to prevent the program(s) from terminating too fast to read, and the display format shown does not always agree with that you'll find on the screen. The first is serious if you're not already familiar enough with C# to know to add the code, and the second is minor.

I can highly recommend this book as a learning tool without equivocation as the book flows from topic to topic better than any other C# book I've read. It really is that good.

Additionally the book does a very good job of introducing the subject of "How do I take my idea for what I want to do and turn it into code?" through the use of UML diagrams and very well-detailed examples and explanations of their ATM project.

The book may not be for experienced C# programmers - it starts quite fundamental - but would be a good book for anyone wanting to learn C# who already has some programming experience in another language.

What I really liked in this book: First, every code example is followed by a detailed line-by-line explanation of what the code does and how it works, done much better than any other code book I've ever read. Even if you have some experience in C# you'll learn something you didn't know or knew and didn't understand in context, every time. Second, every other C# book I have seems to start out simple, then slams you with at least one chapter of "C# vocabulary" that you'll have to memorize before you can understand the rest of that chapter or the rest of the book. In this book you'll learn the same vocabulary, but it's introduced within the context of the code in the examples. One other nice touch: the example code comments include "end method xxxx", "end If", "end class" etc following each related structure. Sure, if you already know C# this is fluff and unnecessary. But if you're new to C# these reminders teach and reinforce the structure names without beating you over the head; you'll learn the names and uses as you need them and as you develop the ability to use them effectively, not as a memorization precursor before learning how to program them. It may seem a subtle difference, but it's very effective, imho.

I'm looking forward to reading the other books they've written. Their method of teaching is superior to any other programming language books I've read on any language. They have a winning formula in their format here.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent overview, February 22, 2010

By 

John J. Magee IV - See all my reviews
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This review is from: C# 2008 for Programmers (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

This book gives an excellent overview of the C# and .NET 2008 features. The coverage of basic language features is a bit long for my tastes, but the breadth of coverage on advanced features is nice. Because there are so many advanced topics, the book just doesn't have much time to go into too much depth on any one of them.

If you're looking to learn a specific topic such as WPF or Silverlight, you might be better off with a topic-specific book, but as a general how-to C# book for programmers this one will do you nicely.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book to Jump Start Your Knowledge, February 16, 2010

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G. McManus (Roswell, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: C# 2008 for Programmers (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

I was once an experienced developer whose skills have lagged due to non technical (Project Management) assignments. This book is an easy read that builds the readers knowledge at a pace that while rapid is not too fast to understand. I highly recommend this book as a starting point for C# training.