The Elements of C# Style 1st Edition

by Kenneth Baldwin (Author), Andrew Gray (Author), Trevor Misfeldt (Author)

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ISBN-13: 978-0521671590

ISBN-10: 0521671590

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The Elements of C# Style is for all C# practitioners, especially those working in teams where consistency is critical. Like previous Elements titles, the text furnishes a set of rules for writing clear, comprehensible and easy-to maintain code; this time for C#. The authors offer a collection of standards and guidelines for creating solid C# that can save time, effort and expense. The book provides conventions for:
- formatting
- naming
- documentation
- programming
- packaging
for C# 2.0 and includes discussion of advanced topics such as generics.

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'The Elements of Java Style is perfect in what it tries to achieve. Each rule is sensible, hardly any are debatable, and there is no excuse for ignoring any of them.' JavaZone Book of the Week

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A collection of standards and guidelines for creating solid C# code that will be easy to understand, enhance and maintain.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press; 1st edition (July 31, 2006)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 156 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0521671590
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0521671590
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.1 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.5 x 0.6 x 7 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #3,142,486 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #916 in C# Programming (Books)
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- #2,649 in Software Design & Engineering

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pro_crustes

Excellent

Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2017

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Best of the "Elements of..." programming language style guides I have (along with C++ and Java, though all three are good). Collectively, the series does a nice job of consistently explaining those guidelines that do not depend on a particular language. Individually, each sets out workable style rules in clear language. In a few cases, the rule still requires a choice by the user/programmer, but the guidance at those points tends to include options and the advice that consistency is more important than which choice you make. (Example, does the "{" go at the end of a line, or on a line by itself? Book says, "pick one and stick with it" [or course, the latter is the correct choice 8-) ].)

You may not agree with 100% of the rules in this book, but a good test of your ability to be an effective team-member would be whether or not you could live with them all. Nothing proposed here should be intolerable to any C# programmer worthy of being part of a group effort. Indeed, most of what is proposed here looks to me, after being a programmer for over 40 years, like the right thing to do.

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tekHedd

Exactly what I was looking for.

Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2011

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Clearly documented and concise. Follows industry best practices nicely. A good choice if you're looking for a standard style for your team.

It's so close to our internal style that I can use it as the standard with only a page or two of supplemental documentation.

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Steven Hageman

Great little C# book...

Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2014

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A fine little book - many useful ideas for writing slid dependable c# code. Beginner to advanced can learn from this book.

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megan

All the "elements" of a great book

Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2007

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If you are new to C# or are wanting to start writing cleaner, more efficient, more professional, and just plain smarter code, this is a must-read. These guys definitely know their stuff and give some excellent tips. It's light and quick-read, easy to pick up and read a bit during down times, short enough to power through in one sitting, and serves as a great reference. For the money, this is one of the best books I've bought in a long time.

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ComicalDisaster

One Star

Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2015

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I've beein using C# for a long time and this didn't provide any insight.

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Larry Battle

Great tips for improving your code readability and effectiveness

Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2011

I'm trying to become more of a productive programmer and code readability is an element to it.
So I searched through collection of programming book at my university library and found this one.
"The elements of C# Style" is short, concise and provides examples when needed. There is a summarized list of tips in the back of the book to act as a cheat-sheet.
Note that most of the tips can be used is most Object Oriented Programming languages, like Java.
But be aware that this book doesn't teach you C#, but rather it focuses on how C# code can be written in order to maximize its effectiveness.
In conclusion, I think this an excellent book for anyone trying to improve their code quality.

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Stephen J. Staurovsky

Helpful to have around

Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2008

If anyone ever told you that your code was ugly, then this book is for you. If you want the correct way to implement the IDisposable interface, or construct a singleton object in a multi-threaded environment, then this book is for you.

Many of the details outlined in this book, anyone who has been writing software, even for 6 months, will have a grasp on. There are a few thing that are interesting, but they are things that you would google for.

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Kindle Customer

A necessity for any professional C# programmer

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2008

Some of this was review, some reminders, some teaching. Overall it is probably one of the best books I have ever invested in to improve my programming quality.

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John

Very good concise style book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 12, 2013

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As expected, this book is laid out in the same style as the elements of style book by Strunk and White. It offers a good set of rules that add uniformity to your code and is a really good base for coming up with your own or team style guide. I thought it might be a bit dated now, but no, it is still really relevant to newer versions of c#.

l3g0

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 2, 2015

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Useful and easy suggestions for efficient and readable code

Dak

Worth reading, slightly dated

Reviewed in Canada on March 15, 2015

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Very good. Not quite as good as Elements of Java style, largely as it hasn't been updated in some time, and the libraries/frameworks have moved along since the publication of this book. BUT worth reading as you are learning your n-th computer language.

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The Elements of C# Style 1st Edition