Beginning Visual C# (Programmer to Programmer) (Paperback)

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By using this book with Visual Studio .NET you'll come to understand the fundamentals of the C# language and learn to program the .NET Framework. We'll help you succeed - from your first steps in the language up to the point where you are ready to write real world C# applications.

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Beginning C# provides a painless introduction to C# for beginners or relatively inexperienced programmers, who want to move to the .NET Framework from languages that don't support modern object-oriented programming techniques, and have access to Visual Studio .NET or Visual C# .NET Standard Edition. This book is for everyone who is tired of C# books that assume ten-plus years of C++ experience. Beginning Visual C# is a new edition of Beginning C#, revised and tested for .NET v1.0. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 944 pages
• Publisher: Wrox; 10 edition (August 20, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764543822
• ISBN-13: 978-0764543821
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.3 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #780,223 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clearly written, complete, accurate, October 22, 2002

By	Cristian Darie (Bucharest, Romania) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Beginning Visual C# (Paperback)

... I must say I read and checked the book from cover to cover - it is very well written and extremely accurate. The book is mainly aimed at programmers who use Visual C# to develop Windows Applications so it covers in detail the techniques of programming with Windows Forms, user controls, common dialogs and so on.

Being a beginning book, it spends a lot of time coverig the basic concepts about C# and .NET programming (in fact, it starts with them). However, unlike with the other beginners books (I've seen most of them at the work place), it goes well beyond the basics and presents most features you'll likely need when developing Windows applications: deploying your application, accessing databases using ADO.NET, working with files, playing with GDI+ and much more. At the end it even has two chapters on ASP.NET and Web Services which are good to be read just to make an idea what are these all about, even if you're not currently doing any web programming.

I highly recommend this book to programmers willing to read the chapters in sequential order, because most of them build upon the theory taught in the preceding ones. If you have time to do that, this book should be your primary choice. If you already have experience with C# and you need a reference book (or an advanced book), Professional C# is a better choice.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you don't want to work the basics--this is not for you, November 3, 2004

By	Steven E. Blake (Saint Peters, Missouri USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I don't comprehend the criticism of this book where the complaint implies the instruction within is too meager. There are twenty-four chapters, eight hundred forty-four pages and it's not fluff. It is an excellently structured "Beginner Level" book which lays a foundation over a broad expanse of C# territory. Each chapter explains principles, leads you through hands-on examples, recaps where the principles are implemented in the examples and then tests your comprehension with exercises at the end.

C# is not a casual topic and this book is not a casual read. You gain great insight when you work the code examples and answer the exercises provided. Between my workday and playtime, it took me three months to complete this book, cover to cover. I am confidant with the basics, such as ADO.NET, ASP.NET or XML handling, to investigate more advanced, specialized C# books now.

Finally, a change of publishers did cause the answers to the chapter review exercises to disappear from the web for a good while. But they're in the Peer-2-Peer forum at the WROX website now, listed under this book title as the topic.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Detailed and Enjoyable Book!, July 15, 2004

By	W. Nangauta "William Nangauta" (Texas United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I've bought many C-Sharp books and I must say., this book is awesome! Where as in other beginning books a lot of details are missing -this book is fine tunned and includes many details about the C# language that are just simply not covered in other books! This book is enjoyable and keeps you thinking.

After completing this book, you will have good experience with C# and ready to move on to more advanced books. You get a taste of different C# topics -towards the end of the book. After completing this book, it will be your choice to go the way of Windows Form programming or ASP.NET, and associated topics in those fields. This book gets 5 stars for an introductory book. (...)This book assumes you know your way around an IDE, which is pretty easy to figure out. Enough said.