By Jesse Liberty
Fourth Edition
February 2005
Pages: 666
ISBN 10: 0-596-00699-3 |
ISBN 13: 9780596006990
(Average of 5 Customer Reviews)
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Programming C#, the top-selling book on Microsoft's high-performance C# programming language, is now in its fourth edition. Aimed at experienced programmers and web developers, this comprehensive guide focuses on the features and programming patterns that are unique to C#, and fundamental to the programming of web services and web applications on Microsoft's .NET platform.
Full Description
The fourth edition of Programming C#--the top-selling C# book on the market--has been updated to the C# ISO standard as well as changes to Microsoft's implementation of the language. It also provides notes and warnings on C# 1.1 and C# 2.0.
Aimed at experienced programmers and web developers, Programming C#, 4th Edition, doesn't waste too much time on the basics. Rather, it focuses on the features and programming patterns unique to the C# language. New C# 2005 features covered in-depth include:
- Visual Studio 2005
- Generics
- Collection interfaces and iterators
- Anonymous methods
- New ADO.NET data controls
- Fundamentals of Object-Oriented Programming
Liberty also incorporates reader suggestions from previous editions to help create the most consumer-friendly guide possible.
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Featured customer reviews
More of a 'learning' title, October 23 2007
This book shares much of its content with 'Learning C#' by the same author (often word for word) and it really is another introductory text, pitched to an only slightly more advanced audience than its counterpart. Be prepared for over-long examples, patronising "this is what programmers call a...", tedious explanations of the simplest things, with important and useful info crowded-out by stuff you already know if you've not been buried under a rock for the last 10 years.
This was meant to be a *Programming* title, Jesse.
But there is hope, in the shape of O'Reilly's 'C# in a Nutshell', which is the no-nonsense handbook some of us were hoping for and a really excellent guide to the language. Check it out first.
Greatness, April 23 2007
This is one of the best .NET that I have ever read. Love it!
I want to express my appreciation, March 15 2007
I read this book again and again, and every time I fill amazed as clear and ease to understand this book is written.
extraordinary, March 15 2007
Great coverage of C#2.0, March 22 2005
I read some criticisms of the earlier versions of this book. I think they're all wrong. This is a great book if you want to learn C#, not Windows Forms, ASP.NET. The title is Programming C# not Windows Forms in C#. If you want a thorough coverage of C#2.0 this is the book to buy.
Coming from a C++ and Java background the differences and similarities are highlighted but could easily be skipped over if the reader has no previous knowledge of Java or C++(also VB6 and VB.NET).
Also another great thing that this book has been criticised for is the insistance on lots of code samples. Wow people complaining about code samples?!! I mean what do people expect from a book about programming?! UML diagrams? It's code heavy but the code is not bloated and clearly shows the practical use of the language feature. A few lines of code says a thousand words. Also typing in code samples makes it stick, how many times do you think you know something until you sit at the keyboard and say 'Wait how do I do that again?'?
Also Jesse Liberty's writing style is very easy to follow, I found that if I read this book at the keyboard or away from it that I was still taking in the content.
So if you really want to learn C# and not have to take onboard a library load of Microsoft marketing spiel then buy this book. (Also see Jesse Liberty's OnDotNet articles too at http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/239 )
Media reviews
"The fourth edition of Jesse Liberty's Programming C# is a great update to a classic, moving it forward to version 2.0 of the language and the .NET Framework. I hadn't read the earlier editions cover to cover, but I did with this one. And it was worth it... The 600+-page book is a logical progression from learning the language to using it to build Windows and Web Forms apps, right through how to use C# with various parts of the .NET Framework."
--Don Kiely, Visual Studio Magazine, June 2005
"Overall the book gives a good detailed introduction to C# as a language and teaches how to use it in practice to build either desktop or web based application accessing database. I think, given the compact size of the book, the author managed to put together all necessary details about C# as a programming language, .NET framework and their essential programming techniques. The book is a good reference material for someone already familiar with basics object oriented programming, multithreading, input output and looking to learn C# basics or make transition from Java to C#. As a developer who programmed with different languages I found the book to be a useful C# syntax reference source."
--Dmitri Nevedrov, Denver Visual Studio.NET, July 2005
"Any book that makes it to a fourth edition is doing something good for its readers."
--Marnie Hutcheson, MSDN Magazine, June 2005
