C# 2008 Fundamentals I and II (Video Training) (Paperback)

~ Paul J. Deitel (Author)

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C# 2008 Fundamentals I and II show you everything you need to know to start building robust, powerful software with C# and .NET. This collection provides $2,000 (USD) worth of expert C# training!

 

Your instructor, Paul Deitel, has taught C#, C++, and Java at organizations ranging from IBM to Sun Microsystems to NASA. With the powerful videos included in this LiveLesson, you’ll learn at your own pace as Paul guides you through C# fundamentals, object-oriented programming, and event-driven programming.

 

The Deitel signature “live-code” approach shows you the correct ways to use C#, right from the start. And you’ll learn in the best possible way: through complete, working programs containing thousands of lines of fully tested C# 3.0 program code. After mastering the basics–classes, objects, methods, and much more–you’ll move on to master professional-quality techniques, from inheritance and polymorphism to exception handling and user interface development.

 

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About the Author

Paul Deitel, CEO, CTO, and cofounder of Deitel & Associates, Inc., is coauthor of many of the world’s leading programming books, including C# 2008 for Programmers, Third Edition (Prentice Hall, 2009). Through Deitel & Associates, Inc., he has delivered Java and other programming language courses to developers at dozens of premier organizations, including IBM, Sun Microsystems, Cisco, Fidelity, NASA, and many more. For information on Deitel® Dive Into® Series corporate training courses offered at customer sites worldwide, visit www.deitel.com/training/ or write to [e-mail].

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR; 3 Pap/Dvdr edition (December 22, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0137131313
• ISBN-13: 978-0137131310
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 1.1 x 9.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #520,411 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars quick tour of C# basics; but also get a text on C#, December 23, 2008

By	W Boudville (Terra, Sol 3) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Look, the blurb at the back of the package says that this collection gives $US2000 of expert C# training. This is hyperbole, inflicted upon us by some overenthusiastic copywriter. What that refers to is how much you might have to pay for personal tutoring, presumably by Deitel or some other C# expert.

But if we leave this aside, then the videos can indeed be useful. As I've said for another set of video lessons, PHP and MySQL (Video Training), this is for those people who need (or seem to need) human tutoring to learn a subject. As distinct from getting it off a book or website. In practical terms, the 17 hours on the DVDs have Deitel focusing on the basics of C#. The DVDs are not an exhaustive description of the language, but they don't need to be. If you can assimilate most of the videos, then you have a working knowledge of C#. Maybe not an expert and comprehensive knowledge. But enough to start useful coding.

The second DVD has a lesson on Silverlight. Microsoft recently developed it to combat Adobe. But I'm not entirely sure a lesson on it belongs in a set of C# basics. The other lessons on this DVD, like about polymorphism or collections are certainly germane to knowing C#. Silverlight isn't. It's more of an application level package. [Just so we're clear; this is not a comment about the efficacy of Silverlight vis a vis Adobe.]

If you get through the videos and want to graduate to a C# text, then consider Deitel's recent book, Visual C# 2008 How to Program (3rd Edition) (How to Program (Deitel)). Whether or not you get this book, I strongly suggest that you use some C# book to accompany the video. Because the video has one weakness. To get fluency, you need to work on C# problems. The format of the video does not lend easily to giving you many of these. Books are better for that. Along this line, perhaps instead of a lesson on Silverlight, how about substituting another lesson full of basic programming problems and their solutions.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars C# 2008 fundamental, April 5, 2009

By	Alireza Bialayesh "Artificial Intelligent Pro... (United Arab Emirates) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you are new to C# and Object Oriented programming, this tutorial is gana lead you step by step to understand what is object oriented programming and the meaning of Classes, Inheritance, Polymorphism and work with collection. I think Paul J.Deitel did a great job at this tutorial.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Introductory C# Instruction for someone already familiar with programming., May 4, 2009

By	Michael A. Baun - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Paul Deitel has done a superb job at presenting the material a developer needs to have as a foundation to go forward towards mastery of C#. Paul obviously loves teaching and brings excellence to training that few can match. If I were to attend a class in C# I would want it done in exactly the manner it is presented in these videos. Definitely a great buy and a welcome addition to my library. I have recommend these videos to other developers learning C# and they all have agreed that Paul provides excellence in training few can match.