C# 3.0: A Beginner's Guide [Paperback]

Herbert Schildt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 11, 2008 | ISBN-10: 0071588302 | ISBN-13: 978-0071588300 | Edition: 2

Essential Skills--Made Easy!

Let master programmer and bestselling author Herb Schildt teach you the fundamentals of C#, Microsoft's premier programming language for the .NET Framework. You'll begin by learning to create, compile, and run a C# program. Then it's on to data types, operators, control statements, methods, classes, and objects. You'll also learn about inheritance, interfaces, properties, indexers, exceptions, events, namespaces, generics, and much more. Of course, new C# 3.0 features, such as LINQ, lambda expressions, and anonymous types, are included. Start programming in C# 3.0 today with help from this fast-paced, hands-on tutorial.

Designed for Easy Learning:

• Key Skills & Concepts--Lists of specific skills covered in the chapter
• Ask the Expert--Q&A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips
• Try This--Hands-on exercises that show how to apply your skills
• Notes--Extra information related to the topic being covered
• Self-Tests--Chapter-ending quizzes to test your knowledge
• Annotated Syntax--Example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated

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About the Author

Herbert Schildt is a leading authority on C#, C, C++, and Java. His programming books have sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide and have been translated into all major foreign languages. Herb is the author of numerous bestsellers, including C# 3.0: The Complete Reference, C++: The Complete Reference, and Java: The Complete Reference.

Product Details

• Paperback: 656 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 2 edition (August 11, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071588302
• ISBN-13: 978-0071588300
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #772,358 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good C# book, April 15, 2009

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Jay P - See all my reviews

This review is from: C# 3.0: A Beginner's Guide (Paperback)

This is an excellent introduction to C#. The language concepts are explained well, in an order that is easy to follow. I only occasionally encountered a term that he hadn't mentioned yet.

The examples are short - so they can be easily read completely - and do a good job reinforcing the material. They are also well formatted (e.g., the indentation) and I think they're correct. (This makes the book easy to read - one doesn't have to struggle through long examples, constantly turning pages back and forth, only to finally conclude that there's probably a bug in the code anyway.)

I like the fact that the author sticks to the subject he's explaining, rather than cluttering his writing with lame attempts at humor.

I like his overview of some more advanced language topics, such as LINQ and lambda expressions - I came away with a good idea of what these features mean, and how and why I might want to use them. To use them very much, I'd want to learn more, but the important thing for somebody new to the language is to first get a good basic understanding of what a feature is. (Other C# books I've read have left me wondering exactly what these features are.)

There are frequent comments about how C# differs from some other languges, such as C and C++ in sometimes subtle ways. (These are set off from the main text so that one can easily ignore them if the information is not needed.)

It isn't an advanced book, but on completing it, one should be able to write lots of useful C# code.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book!, May 29, 2009

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Konstantinos Lafogiannis "kxlaf" (Athens Greece) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: C# 3.0: A Beginner's Guide (Paperback)

This is a very good book for intermediate programmers or for beginners with some knowledge of a OO Language.For this reason if you are novice to
programming I would like suggest to read first Mr.Jack Purdum's book "Beginning c#3.0" (Wrox Ed.)for a overall picture of OO programming and c#, and let this one as a second more detailed reading in c#.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for beginners, April 10, 2010

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Ben Bartholic "BB" (Houston, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: C# 3.0: A Beginner's Guide (Paperback)

This is a great book if you are just starting to learn about C#, or you want to use it for reference material. Each chapter builds on what was learned in the previous chapter, helping to reinforce skills just learned. Seasoned programmers probably will not get much use from this book unless you are feeling nostalgic about basic C# and OOP constructs. The authors writing style was also very easy to read, making the book a cover to cover read through unlike cookbook types of books.