Programming C# with Visual Studio .NET 2005 [Paperback]

Jeffery Suddeth (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2, 2006 | ISBN-10: 1411664477 | ISBN-13: 978-1411664470

C#, .NET, Visual Studio, Computer, Programming, Science, Technology, Languages, Program, Design

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... a great job of cutting the C# mountain into little hills that anyone can climb and enjoy the trip! -- C# Online.NET (CSharp-Online.NET)

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Programming C# with Visual Studio .NET 2005 teaches software development using the C# language with Visual Studio 2005, the latest version of the world’s most popular software development environment. The book targets beginning programmers by focusing on the fundamentals of the language in the early chapters. But the second half of the book includes more advanced topics to interest experienced programmers as well.

The book uses a pragmatic approach to teaching. The reader learns by looking at examples and writing programs. The book does not simply list numbered steps as some beginner books do. It presents the reader with a concept and follows up with an example. Then there is a detailed discussion of the example.

The sample programs in this book include a Windows user interface for an electronic dating service, a demonstration of COM using the COM based Speech API, database programs with SQL Server and Microsoft Access, a desktop application that searches the web, a program that plays media files, network programming with TCP sockets, and more!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 490 pages
• Publisher: LULU (March 2, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1411664477
• ISBN-13: 978-1411664470
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,092,376 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great way to learn C#, April 21, 2006

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Rachel - See all my reviews

This review is from: Programming C# with Visual Studio .NET 2005 (Paperback)

I wish this book was around when I was first learning C#. There is so much to learn with .NET that everyone has to specialize, and to really learn your area well, you start by getting general knowledge about C# and .NET from a book, then go the online help, blogs, and newsgroups to learn your specific area. Given that, there's just no reason to try and wade through some 1400 page book -- this book is just the right size. It has a good and clear explanation of the language basics, as well as the best (in that it is both understandable and correct) explanation of delegates and events I have yet seen (very important since they are both essential to .NET programming, and also a bit hard to grasp at first.) It also gives a nice introduction to some advanced topics, and includes discussion of some of the neat features introduced in 2.0. If I could give 1/2 stars, I would take off half a star for the quality of the editing, but overall, this book is more than worth the price.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Introduction to C#, November 14, 2006

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Damon Slye - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Programming C# with Visual Studio .NET 2005 (Paperback)

Jeffrey Suddeth explains C# clearly and concisely. It teaches basic C# syntax, C# containers (arrays & collections), delegates & events, exception handling, the Visual Studio IDE and environment, Windows Forms, GUIs, using XML from C#, multithreaded C# programming, and finally network programming.

Some of the latter topics in other books are presented in an overly complex way that can daunt even determined readers. What I liked about this book is that these topics were simple and easy to learn.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good solid information, May 20, 2006

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Sarah Roberts - See all my reviews

This review is from: Programming C# with Visual Studio .NET 2005 (Paperback)

As both a programmer, and an instructor, I have to say I really appreciated this book. The material was presented with a great balance of explanation and examples. The examples were simple but based on real life topics (so the reader could easily imagine the true usefullness of the concept being illustrated.) And the author did a great job of introducing forward concepts (that is, bringing the reader a taste of more advanced topics in a way that is comprehensible to a bright beginner.) The editing errors mentioned by another reader were minor and did not interfere with understanding -- I have seen worse editing in technical books put out by major technical publishers. And I am pleased to say that all the examples I downloaded from the author's web site compiled and ran correctly (also were available in nice small files.)