Beginning C# Objects: From Concepts to Code [Paperback]

Jacquie Barker (Author), Grant Palmer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 17, 2004

Learning to design objects effectively with C# is the goal of
Beginning C# Objects: From Concepts to Code - a comprehensive yet approachable guide to object oriented programming using UML and today's hottest programming language, which is C#.

This book is a guide for anyone wanting to learn the C# language, beginning with the basics. It offers example case studies for those already familiar with C# that may prove useful. Presents object terminology and concepts, how to think in terms of objects, an introduction of object modeling, translating an object model into C#, and more. This book is written with programmers and also programming tutorials in mind, and is a natural candidate for academic selection for the teaching of C# and principled object-oriented programming.

Time and again, software developers have attempted to master an OO programming language like Java by taking a course in Java, or by reading a book in Java, or by acquiring and using a Java integrated development environment (IDE) tool such as Forte, or Visual Café, or JBuilder, or Power J, or Kawa. However, there is something fundamentally missing: a basic understanding of what objects are all about, and more importantly, knowledge of how to structure a software application from the ground up to make the most of objects.

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Grant Palmer is the author of the acclaimed Java Programmer's Reference and is a recognized expert in both the C# and Java languages. Grant has worked as a scientific programmer in the Space Technology Division at NASA's Ames Research Center for the past 20 years. This has involved working with Java since 1996, developing programs for scientific applications as well as converting older FORTRAN and C applications to the Java and C# platforms.

Product Details

• Paperback: 819 pages
• Publisher: A-Press; 1 edition (May 17, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159059360X
• ISBN-13: 978-1590593608
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.1 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,261,692 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive and voluminous, June 12, 2004

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W Boudville (Terra, Sol 3) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beginning C# Objects: From Concepts to Code (Paperback)

A monumentally comprehensive explanation of object-oriented programming, instantiated in C#. Barker and Palmer cover all the concepts of OO. But for this to be meaningful to a reader, you have to pick a language in which to express these concepts. They chose C#. In no small way because there are two OO languages in common use: C++ and Java. For each of these, you can easily find several well written books on how to implement OO in them.

Whereas C# is scarcely three years old. Certainly, there are books about it. But the authors have focussed on object modelling and use this, in a top-down fashion, to drive the description of C#'s properties.

If you are already fluent in OO from elsewhere, then you will breeze through the OO ideas here. I daresay that the authors would be the first to state that they invent nothing new in OO concepts here. But if you are new to OO, this book will certainly educate you. Though be prepared to block out a substantial number of days to go through it!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Object-Oriented C# Excellence!, October 11, 2004

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Sean Smith "firestardesign" (Grand Junction, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beginning C# Objects: From Concepts to Code (Paperback)

I have been writing very poor C# applications for 3 years. I bought a copy of Beginning C# Objects because I wanted to learn to take advantage of all of the object oriented features of C# without having to slog through excessive examples of object-oriented theory or have to translate object-oriented lessons from other languages such as C++ or Java into C#.

This book was everything I hoped it would be. This book carries over knowledge imparted in Beginning Java Objects (Jacquie Barker Apress 2003) spending equal time discussing object-oriented theory as well as C# implementation. While most programming books rely on the reader to "read between the lines" of code examples to explain complex theory this book excels at providing clear easy-to-read well written explanations.

I especially liked the first part of the book with discussion of objects and classes, object interactions and the relationship between objects including the distinguishing features of object-oriented programming languages with relation to C#.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT BOOK!, July 22, 2004

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TM (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beginning C# Objects: From Concepts to Code (Paperback)

This is an outstanding book on C# objects!

The book is broken into three parts. Part One gives you the ABC?s of objects. Part Two discusses object modeling. Part Three translates a UML ?Blueprint? into C# code.

Part One is by far the best section in the book. I can honestly say I understand basic C# syntax and how objects are applied in C#. It flows very smoothly and makes learning C# very easy.

Part Two is a good introduction to UML. If you want to get into architecture, this is a good start but you will definitely more.

Part Three takes the ?blueprint? that was built in Part Two and builds the application. The first chapter of Part Three is over 100 pages of a more advanced looked at C#. Chapter 15 goes into file persistence. It was nicely laid out but I wish they had used a database instead of ASCII files. Chapter 16 ties the GUI to the business object. Personally, I think this chapter should have had a little more meat.

This book definitely gets 5 stars and if anyone ever tells me they don?t understand OOP or C#, I will tell them to read this book.