Perhaps I'm just out of my element. I've not worked in a C language variant before. I was looking for something that would bring me up to speed on C# so I could read and use code that I find to help in development with other tools. I'm certain I can do this but this book is coming up short for me.
I am almost 2/3's through it (Ch 22) and trying to work the examples. Earlier in the book I could work around the errors and omissions regarding the book exercises but now they are simply too many to work through. This is very frustrating and distracting.
Another point is I don't think they've done a good enough job reviewing material from previous chapters. They sometimes reference previous material but fail to review and, using the cloud Kindle edition (hint: DON'T!), it's too difficult for me to jump around (Win Kindle also - but not as bad.)
Perhaps if you're a C language wizard you will get a lot out of this. I'm finding myself mystified by concepts I just can't understand from their sketchy explanations. And the simple/thin examples don't help cement the concepts either. Working through the errors actually helps cement other skills I'm sure I'll need, but only if I can resolve them. Right now the examples are too hard for me to work to resolve them. That's not acceptable.
A text book version of this, with a separate project workbook would probably work better. I will update further as I bull through this but right now I can't rate this highly due to the errors and difficulty in using this edition.
** Update **
I'm up to Chapter 29 and I think I've uncovered the major flaw. If you try to enter the examples right out of the text book (as I have) you will fail. This is because of the errors and omissions I mentioned above. The workaround I suggest is bringing along the author's projects and comparing - you should be able to fill the holes and complete the wiring of your projects, along with Intellisense. One of the major omissions you will find is the author's lack of citing proper references - but Intellisense is able to fill those in, for the most part.
I'm convinced I will need a second run-through of the book, but I'm not sure I'm up to it.
** Update **
Complete fail and bail on the exercise in Chapter 29. Could not get past the Add > Controller step: My AutoLotDAL models were not showing. Researching what could be wrong I ran into Razor Pages and saw that Microsoft is recommending Razor Pages for web app UI's. I am now following the Razor Pages tutorials (free I might add) and hoping that suffices. One of my major targets is ASP.NET so I'm glad to find this, perhaps more up-to-date alternative.
I have to admit that - looking at the RP material - having worked through this book does make RP more palatable. I completely forgot I'd attempted the RP tutorial before this book but gave up due to lack of understanding. Now I'm picking up on it.
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The first 500 pages of "Pro C#" were good – there's a nice introduction with a reasonable learning curve for anyone who's programmed in another language. The second half of "Pro C#" was disappointing. It tries to cover the .NET application frameworks WPF and ASP.NET, but there's too much missing context to be able to follow along. Instead of building up an app from scratch, these chapters try to explain the framework components using completed apps and I didn't find that to be particularly effective. Each application framework would be better explained in a separate book (see Adam Freeman's ASP.NET Core book as a great example). Because the second half of "Pro C#" was mostly a waste of time for me, I recommend "C# in a Nutshell" by Albahari instead.
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