Beginning C# Objects: From Concepts to Code (Paperback)

by Jacquie Barker (Author), Grant Palmer (Author)
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...it looks like I finally found the book I've been searching for the last couple of months. </a></p> </blockquote> <p id="quoteAuthor">&#8212; Joseph Walrave</p></div>

<p><em>Beginning C# Objects: From Concepts to Code</em> is a comprehensive yet approachable guide for anyone interested in learning the C# language, beginning with the basics.</p> <p>To begin, this book addresses the two fundamental concepts that programmers must grasp in order to write a professional object-oriented C# application: the nature and characteristics of <I>objects,</I> and the structure that allows you to take best advantage of C#'s object-oriented makeup. </p> <p> In addition to the basics of C# syntax, this book introduces object terminology&emdash;teaching you how to think in terms of objects&emdash;and provides an introduction of object modeling, illustrating how to translate an object model into C# code with ease.</p> <p> For folks who have already attempted to learn C# but are still having trouble mastering C#'s object-oriented nature, the case study format of this book will be invaluable in showing you how to translate a UML model into a fully-functional C# application.</p> <p> An overwhelming number of programmers are now moving to C# as their language of choice for developing powerful, maintainable, scalabe software applications. Whether you're learning C# as your first programming language, moving to C# from a non-object-oriented language, or have previously programmed with C# but still feel unsure when it comes to object aspects, this book is a perfect fit for you.</p>

About the Author
Jacquie Barker is a professional software engineer, author, and adjunct faculty member at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. With over 25 years of experience as a hands-on software developer and project manager, Jacquie has spent the past 12 years focusing on object technology, becoming proficient as an object modeler and Sun Microsystems certified Java programmer.<br /> She is currently employed as a senior member of the technical staff at Technology Associates, Inc. in Herndon, Virginia, and is also the founder of ObjectStart LLC, an object technology mentorship and training firm.Grant Palmer is the author of the acclaimed <i>Java Programmer’s Reference</i> and is a recognized expert in both the C# and Java languages. Grant has worked as a scientific programmer in the Space Technology Division at the NASA Ames Research Center for the past 20 years. This has involved working with Java since 1996, developing programs for scientific applications as well as converting older FORTRAN and C applications to the Java and C# platforms.

Product Details

• Paperback: 819 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (May 17, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159059360X
• ISBN-13: 978-1590593608
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #445,436 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive and voluminous, June 12, 2004

By	W Boudville (Terra, Sol 3) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

A monumentally comprehensive explanation of object-oriented programming, instantiated in C#. Barker and Palmer cover all the concepts of OO. But for this to be meaningful to a reader, you have to pick a language in which to express these concepts. They chose C#. In no small way because there are two OO languages in common use: C++ and Java. For each of these, you can easily find several well written books on how to implement OO in them.

Whereas C# is scarcely three years old. Certainly, there are books about it. But the authors have focussed on object modelling and use this, in a top-down fashion, to drive the description of C#'s properties.

If you are already fluent in OO from elsewhere, then you will breeze through the OO ideas here. I daresay that the authors would be the first to state that they invent nothing new in OO concepts here. But if you are new to OO, this book will certainly educate you. Though be prepared to block out a substantial number of days to go through it!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Object-Oriented C# Excellence!, October 11, 2004

By	Sean Smith "firestardesign" (Grand Junction, CO USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have been writing very poor C# applications for 3 years. I bought a copy of Beginning C# Objects because I wanted to learn to take advantage of all of the object oriented features of C# without having to slog through excessive examples of object-oriented theory or have to translate object-oriented lessons from other languages such as C++ or Java into C#.

This book was everything I hoped it would be. This book carries over knowledge imparted in Beginning Java Objects (Jacquie Barker Apress 2003) spending equal time discussing object-oriented theory as well as C# implementation. While most programming books rely on the reader to "read between the lines" of code examples to explain complex theory this book excels at providing clear easy-to-read well written explanations.

I especially liked the first part of the book with discussion of objects and classes, object interactions and the relationship between objects including the distinguishing features of object-oriented programming languages with relation to C#.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Information Overload, February 27, 2006

By	S. Lagasse "New to OOP" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

First off I must say that the authors do an exemplary job at providing clear and concise explanations of object oriented programming. But, the readers who give this book 5 stars must possess an amazing ability to assimilate a huge amount of theoretical information (without applying any of it). Although I haven't gotten to the last page of the book I felt compelled to review the book at this time anyways. I have been through 600 pages of theory and pseudo code and I have yet to write a single line of C# code. Unfortunately - this is not my preferred approach to learning a programming language.

For those of you who prefer a bit of theory in manageable chunks followed a bit of hands on practice then this book is not for you. I can only hope that the last "hands on" section which I am about to tackle turns out to be valuable. Otherwise - it back to Internet tutorials and the like.