Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Express Edition: Build a Program Now! W/ CD (Pro-Developer) [Paperback]

Patrice Pelland (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 23, 2005

Build a software program—such as your own Web browser or weather-reporting application—without any programming experience! Featuring learn-by-doing projects and plenty of visual examples, this hands-on book is your quick start to creating applications for Microsoft Windows.

Have fun as you discover how to:

• Design a rich user interface with easy-to-use tools
• “Drag and drop” text boxes, buttons, and other controls into your application
• Add database and reporting capabilities
• Exploit features that reduce the amount of code you write
• Find and fix any bugs
• Roll-out and share your application

CD Includes:

• Visual C# 2005 Express Edition
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition

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Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

This engaging, full-color, learn-by doing guide show new programmers how build and customize their first project—a desktop weather-reporting application—now! Readers get all the steps, instructions, and software they need in one package at a great price.

Key Book Benefits:

This dynamic, full-color, highly visual book is designed to help novice programmers build fundamental programming skills for Microsoft Windows®—quickly and easily. Provides complete software for Visual C# 2005 Express Edition and Microsoft SQL Server™ 2005 Express Edition, and all the instructions needed to understand and put those tools to work right away. Features a complete desktop application that can be easily modified and reused; a great learn-by-doing example.

About the Author

Patrice Pelland is a development lead at Microsoft with more than a dozen years of experience designing software. He is also an experienced mentor and an instructor of programmers at all skill levels.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (November 23, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735622299
• ISBN-13: 978-0735622296
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 9.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,219,894 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Beginners Book !, March 20, 2006

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Brian from Saratoga, NY (Saratoga Springs, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Express Edition: Build a Program Now! W/ CD (Pro-Developer) (Paperback)

I interrupted my online C# education to study and work with this book. It was well worth it, since it turned out to satisfyingly detailed, yet covered each function in a move-along fashion.

The only negative is that some of the print was thinner/smaller font than it should be for my old eyes, but that enabled the above-mentioned detail. This is more than make up for by the colorful presentation, and clearly written text, and, most of all, the solid examples and exercises. I LEARNED A LOT!

You can't go wrong with this book. After completing it, I went to the bookstore and reviewed other thicker books. Boy, was I happy I started with this. Ah, well, now back to my online tutorials from Microsoft.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars express is neat, January 20, 2006

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William Warren "Futures Unlimited" (Pontiac,Illinois,statti unitti) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Express Edition: Build a Program Now! W/ CD (Pro-Developer) (Paperback)

Negatively the sidebar examples can at times clutter the
page and the type in them is too small for comfortable
reading.
On the other hand nice abundant use of color and the main text is alright. Unlike previous books on C# does not require an
install of the pricey Visual Studio because has an express edition of its software.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good choice for beginners, January 12, 2006

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Randal Root - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Express Edition: Build a Program Now! W/ CD (Pro-Developer) (Paperback)

I thought this book was easy to read, colorful, and practical. The learn-by-doing approach really works well and the fact that they included a copy of C# Express saves you a long download. Well worth the price.