Visual C# 2005 How to Program (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

by Harvey & Paul) Deitel & Deitel (Author)

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The complete, authoritative DeitelA (R) Live-Code introduction to object-oriented programming with C# 2.0, Visual C#A (R) 2005, ADO.NET 2.0, ASP.NET 2.0 and Web Services! C# is one of the world's most powerful object-oriented languages. This new edition, which is completely updated to C# 2.0 and Visual C#A (R) 2005, uses a carefully paced early classes and objects approach. This book is a must have for any C# student because of its thorough explanations, its carefully developed and commented examples, and its numerous and interesting exercises. The idea of introducing a bit of UML in each chapter through a case study is great and should be in every book! It's the book I'll recommend to my students! -Jose Antonio Gonzalez Seco, Andalucia's Parlamient I'm glad to see the early treatment of objects done so well. The UML material is well explained and will help students better understand OOP. A comprehensive introduction to XML, and one of the clearest tutorials on Web services I've read, with great examples. An excellent chapter on generics. Explains data structures with a clarity that is hard to come by.- Gavin Osborne, Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology Overall fantasic coverage of inheritance.-Dharmesh Chauhan, Microsoft The [optional] ATM OOD/UML case study is excellent! The implementation of the design developed in the early chapters gives the reader a fantastic model of a real world problem. You hit a home run with this one! -Catherine Wyman, Devry-Phoenix Deitel has a real knack for presenting technical material with accuracy, clarity and brevity. -Harlan Brewer, University of Cincinnati Excellent coverage of developing ASP.NET 2.0 applications, with plenty of sample code. The chapter on exception handling is one of, if not the best such chapters I have seen in the 50+ .NET related books I've read and reviewed. The chapter on Networking is one of the best I have seen. -Peter Bromberg, Merrill Lynch, C# MVP A beautiful presentation of threads -Pavel Tsekov, Caesar BSC A superb job of clearly integrating the theory of relational databases and SQL with the application of ADO.NET.- Harlan Brewer, University of Cincinnati Visual C# 2005 How to Program, 2/e, includes comprehensive coverage of object-oriented programming in C#, and several major integrated case studies: the Grade Book class (Chapters 4-6, 8), the Time class (three sections of Chapter 9), the Employee class (Chapters 10-11), the optional OOD/UMLaA A 2 ATM system (Chapters 1, 3-9 and Appendix J), and three multi-tier, database driven Web applications-a guest book (Chapter 21), a secure book database (Chapter 21) and an airline reservation system (Chapter 22). Dr. Harvey M. Deitel and Paul J. Deitel are the founders of Deitel & Associates, Inc., the internationally recognized corporate training and content creation organization specializing in C#, Visual BasicA (R) .NET, Visual C++A (R) .NET, JavaaA A , C, C++, XML, Python, Perl, Ruby, AJAX, Internet, Web and object technologies. The Deitels are the authors of many other best-selling programming language textbooks, including JavaaA A How to Program, 6/e, Internet & World Wide Web How to Program, 3/e and C++ How to Program, 5/e. Visual C# 2005 How to Program, 2/e's instructor and student resources include Web sites (www.deitel.com and www. prenhall.com/deitel) with the book's code examples and information for faculty, students and professionals.

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The complete, authoritative Deitel® Live-Code introduction to object-oriented programming with C# 2.0, Visual C#® 2005, ADO.NET 2.0, ASP.NET 2.0 and Web Services!  C# is one of the world’s most powerful object-oriented languages. This new edition, which is completely updated to C# 2.0 and Visual C#® 2005, uses a carefully paced early classes and objects approach.

 

This book is a must have for any C# student because of its thorough explanations, its carefully developed and commented examples, and its numerous and interesting exercises. The idea of introducing a bit of UML in each chapter through a case study is great and should be in every book! It’s the book I’ll recommend to my students! —José Antonio González Seco, Andalucia’s Parlamient

 

I’m glad to see the early treatment of objects done so well. The UML material is well explained and will help students better understand OOP. A comprehensive introduction to XML, and one of the clearest tutorials on Web services I’ve read, with great examples. An excellent chapter on generics. Explains data structures with a clarity that is hard to come by. —Gavin Osborne, Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology

 

Overall fantasic coverage of inheritance.—Dharmesh Chauhan, Microsoft

 

The [optional] ATM OOD/UML case study is excellent! The implementation of the design developed in the early chapters gives the reader a fantastic model of a real world problem. You hit a home run with this one! —Catherine Wyman, Devry-Phoenix

 

Deitel has a real knack for presenting technical material with accuracy, clarity and brevity. —Harlan Brewer, University of Cincinnati

 

Excellent coverage of developing ASP.NET 2.0 applications, with plenty of sample code. The chapter on exception handling is one of, if not the best such chapters I have seen in the 50+ .NET related books I’ve read and reviewed. The chapter on Networking is one of the best I have seen. —Peter Bromberg, Merrill Lynch, C# MVP

 

A beautiful presentation of threads —Pavel Tsekov, Caesar BSC

 

A superb job of clearly integrating the theory of relational databases and SQL with the application of ADO.NET.—Harlan Brewer, University of Cincinnati

 

Visual C# 2005 How to Program, 2/e, includes comprehensive coverage of object-oriented programming in C#, and several major integrated case studies: the Grade Book class (Chapters 4—6, 8), the Time class (three sections of Chapter 9), the Employee class (Chapters 10—11), the optional OOD/UML™ 2 ATM system (Chapters 1, 3—9 and Appendix J), and three multi-tier, database driven Web applications–a guest book (Chapter 21), a secure book database (Chapter 21) and an airline reservation system (Chapter 22).

 

Dr. Harvey M. Deitel and Paul J. Deitel are the founders of Deitel & Associates, Inc., the internationally recognized corporate training and content creation organization specializing in C#, Visual Basic® .NET, Visual C++® .NET, Java™, C, C++, XML, Python, Perl, Ruby, AJAX, Internet, Web and object technologies. The Deitels are the authors of many other best-selling programming language

textbooks, including Java™ How to Program, 6/e, Internet & World Wide Web How to Program, 3/e and C++ How to Program, 5/e.  Visual C# 2005 How to Program, 2/e’s instructor and student resources include Web sites (www.deitel.com and www.prenhall.com/deitel) with the book’s code examples and information for faculty, students and professionals.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1648 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (December 25, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131525239
• ISBN-13: 978-0131525238
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.2 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #397,610 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Another Deitel sleeping pill, June 14, 2007

By	Scott Shell (CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The book is too expensive, plain and simple. It does not deliver for the price you have to pay but it is "academic friendly" so you'll have to buy it if you take college programming classes.

The book starts out very slow and drawn out. So many statements are made by the authors in this book that, while they are indeed true, are so abundant and on even the most mundane topics you forget what you're supposed to be learning. The authors wrote a programming book in which they dedicate painful step by step procedures (with complete screenshots) of how to start a new project in the VS IDE and such. I find that insulting. If you have this book, chances are you have been using Windows for more than two weeks and know how to create new documents, etc from the standard menu items. Also, chances are this isn't your first programming book. It is not marketed as a complete beginner book or for an introduction to programming course. Visual Studio isn't THAT complicated to start using; I'd be very surprised if any reader of this book would be completely lost if they didn't have their hand held while starting a new project. "Click File - New Project. Click OK. See Figure 3.1." They repeat this type of hand holding all throughout the book.

The book "Programming in the Key of C#" devotes one small paragraph to the process of creating a new project, and this is very much a beginner's programming book. No figures, no screenshots just a very simple explanation.

They go all out in the minutia to woo academia because it's so correct. It has the sense of completeness but lacks where it counts; understanding the topic.

In their painful attention to detail and accuracy (which are usually good qualities to have), they have gone too far to see the forest for the trees. What's worse is sometimes you'll find pertinent information buried within the fluff, so you can't skip over anything.

I could explain what a flower is in 10 pages of semi-related information while going off on tangents and you still wouldn't know what a flower was. It's just as important to show readers the information they need to know, as it is to hide from them the information they do not need to know.

Here's a quote directly from the book:
"Exception handling enables programmers to create applications that can resolve (or handle) exceptions."

Exception handling lets you handle exceptions....

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lengthy, but explains in detail, July 5, 2007

By	C. Krick (Banning, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Visual C# 2005 (2nd edition) is an excellent book, while it is very lengthy, the book covers most of the topics with an extreme amount of detail. While the main focus of the book is C#, coverage of XML and ASP is also included. The review questions at the end of each chapter made this book have a text book feeling commonly seen in a classroom, but this was highly useful. This book is not meant as a quick intro into a programming language, but rather an intermediate or deep study of C#.

20 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid foundations for C# 2005 programming, April 16, 2006

By	Donald Hsu (NYC, United States) - See all my reviews

Using this book, with the MS Visual Studio .NET 2005 version, the MS Visual C# 2005 version, and the MS SQL Server 2005 version, one can learn a lot with the new platform. The codings are very much the same as the 2003 version. It is not too difficult for any one who has done C, C++, Java, or Visual BASIC programming. The exercises are very good and have been tested in corporate training sites. I am currently using an older version of this book, for a training class with 14 electrical engineers. Four people are using this book. They are happy with the book, exercises and the software. They are working on their final projects now.

The book will be better if more server side applications are covered. More discussion on the differences between Java and C# will be useful for developers.