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C# Unleashed

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C# Unleashed provides outstanding coverage of a wide variety of C# topics. This book goes all the way from the language syntax on up to ASP.NET and Remoting, an excellent addtion to your shelf referance.

One of the things I really liked about this book is its use of the command line compiler in many examples. It shows the "secret magic" of trying to get a project to compile as a DLL vs. EXE (Which if you've ever used VS.NET and want to change it after starting a project is very difficult without this knowledge!).

Another thing I truly enjoyed about this book is it's strong emphasis on writing code. I've read the Wrox C# books and all they cover is Drag And Drop in Visutal Studio.NET to work with databases and windows forms. This book actually goes into the CODE of writing a C# application.

If you really want to learn C# this is an outstanding book all around!

Being well schooled in C++ and Java, my first reaction to C# was one of skepticism. To me, it was a language that was redundant and unneeded. However, as I delved deeper into the features, my feelings changed a great deal. Now, I am devoting my personal training time to delving as deeply as possible into C# and if I go back to managing development, will use it over C++. This is also the book that I would purchase for anyone who is a beginner in the language.
Like all good authors of programming books, Mayo spends little time on programming basics such as control constructs and operators. Very few potential readers have not used them, so the briefest of mentions is adequate. In my surveys of programmers who read books about new languages, nearly all say they skim or skip such sections. I found the presentation sequence to be logical, as one topic follows another in a sensible order. The demonstrative examples are small and effective, although an occasional larger one that integrates several topics would have helped. The breadth of coverage is broader than what is done in most beginning books. There are sections on multi-threading, reflection, performance modeling, creating resource files and optimizing the garbage collector among others. While short, these sections demonstrate some of the power built into the language.
If I was required to choose a book for a programming class in C#, this would be the one. The only drawback would be the lack of exercises, but beyond that, I can find little fault with it.

This is one of the first books that I read on C#. I continually come back to this book when I want to get some information quickly. The explanations are very clear and the examples illustrate the concepts. Considering the huge size of Visual Studio.Net, no book can cover all topics in complete detail. That would require a set of volumes of encyclopedic dimensions.
C# unleashed gives a Programmer with some background in a modern
object oriented language a pretty good idea of the C# language

and how it can be used. Another feature I like is the appendix
which lists the command line compile options. These are also
illustrated in the examples throughout the book.

This book is a must have for all serious C# Developers. The topics are well organized to take you from the beginner level to the more advance level with good codes to back it up. It takes you from the beginner's level to the more advance levels with easy to understand codes that help you to understand the concepts and the topics discussed in the book. This book was definitely well thought out before publication. Of course it does not cover everything under the sun about the .Net technologies; but instead,focuses on key topics that will help you to expand your knowledge for further steadies. Overall, the book makes learning C# very easy. Best of all, it delivers what it promises to do.

This book provides a good base for beginners as well as information to help advanced developers migrate from Java or C++ to C#. It is well written and the code samples, while simple, are numerous and do help you understand the concepts.

C# Unleashed is an excellent book for someone who already knows
a programming language and wants a quick yet solid introduction to C#. The chapters are well structured and chock full of examples. Instead of the usual foobar type of examples the examples are clear and some of them may be used directly in ones own code. Each of the examples are well described in the text so that one can focus on a problem without having to read the whole chapter.

The book can also be used as a practical reference. "Tough" topics like Remoting, Network libraries etc. are also covered.

The text is well written and easy to read. Some Text Books are boring but this is not one of them.

The chapter on Interfaces as an example, is one of the best I have read.

...I look forward to more of his books.

This is a good introductory book on C#. The author covers most of the topics by code which I like. The book is focussed on the C# language itself without much coverage on other .NET topics ( ADO.NET,ASP.NET,Remoting) rightly so. In short a good starter book on C#

After understanding the basics of C#, I found this book to be a great C# reference. The book starts out with the C# basics and then goes into advanced topics of C#. Joe does a great job explaining each topic with excellent examples to give you a better understanding. I would highly recommend this book to any developer looking for a C# book to add to their library.

A friend of mine suggested that i buy this book as a first book to learn the C# language. I read through the 100-200 pages of the book and it thoroughly explained everything in the C# language from the different types of variables, to the different functions to how to debug and compile. The book also has notes in it that reflect how you would do somethings in another language.(The notes refer to C++ and Java)
Now that i have a strong understanding of the C# language from this book, it is a great reference book. The index in the back of it is very thorough and makes it easy for me to locate the information i need so i can move on very quickly.

I came from a shallow programming background of VB.Net and C++, and this book was excellent for the transition. This book is great reference material for the language and the .net framework in general. Almost every aspect of C# is covered in this book, which makes this book is a must have for any person programming in C#. It is wonderful to have a book to be able to turn to instead of searching the internet.