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I'm interested in Programming Windows with C# (Core Reference) by
Charles Petzold, but do you think that the new version of C# (along with
Hi all,
Can somebody tell me which is the best book for .Net and C# for a beginner/Intermediate level. I would like to take MCAD also. Thanks, Sujith
I'm reading Petzold now, and think that's one of the best books I've read.
Author also gives you his E-mail, so you can write comments or question bout the book @ any time. In fact is not properly for early beginners, cause you have to know things such as loops,inheritance,polymorphism etc.. Andrea
In article <N_F9e.43$DA2.73@news.oracle.com>, ssomanat@oracle.com
says... On a tactical level, My copy of "Programming C#" (Liberty) seems to be more dog-eared than the other 12 books on the shelf. -src [quoted text, click to view] > Hi all,
> > Can somebody tell me which is the best book for .Net and C# for a > beginner/Intermediate level. > I would like to take MCAD also. > > Thanks, > Sujith > >
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See_Rock_City wrote: > In article <N_F9e.43$DA2.73@news.oracle.com>, ssomanat@oracle.com > says... > > On a tactical level, My copy of "Programming C#" (Liberty) seems to be > more dog-eared than the other 12 books on the shelf. But is that more of a reference for experienced programmers, or is it a decent intro (assuming you already know the very basics, like data
In article <R7qdnan9_OCorfrfRVn-2A@rcn.net>, johnjsal@NOSPAMgmail.com
says... [quoted text, click to view] > See_Rock_City wrote: No. It is a good beginner's guide. It took me from javascript/perl/asp > > In article <N_F9e.43$DA2.73@news.oracle.com>, ssomanat@oracle.com > > says... > > > > On a tactical level, My copy of "Programming C#" (Liberty) seems to be > > more dog-eared than the other 12 books on the shelf. > > But is that more of a reference for experienced programmers, or is it a > decent intro (assuming you already know the very basics, like data > types, loops, etc.)? > to C#.
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Andrea J wrote: > I'm reading Petzold now, and think that's one of the best books I've read. > > Author also gives you his E-mail, so you can write comments or question bout > the book @ any time. > > In fact is not properly for early beginners, cause you have to know things > such as loops,inheritance,polymorphism etc.. > > > Andrea > > Right now I'm reading his other book, Programming in the Key of C#. I figure Programming Windows will be a good introduction to Windows Forms once I know the basics, but I'm just wondering if maybe too much will
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See_Rock_City wrote: > In article <R7qdnan9_OCorfrfRVn-2A@rcn.net>, johnjsal@NOSPAMgmail.com > says... > >>See_Rock_City wrote: >> >>>In article <N_F9e.43$DA2.73@news.oracle.com>, ssomanat@oracle.com >>>says... >>> >>>On a tactical level, My copy of "Programming C#" (Liberty) seems to be >>>more dog-eared than the other 12 books on the shelf. >> >>But is that more of a reference for experienced programmers, or is it a >>decent intro (assuming you already know the very basics, like data >>types, loops, etc.)? >> > > No. It is a good beginner's guide. It took me from javascript/perl/asp > to C#. > > -SRC But I'm sure your knowledge of those other languages helped a lot in understanding the book. I'm just looking for books that won't be too
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John Salerno wrote: > I'm interested in Programming Windows with C# (Core Reference) by > Charles Petzold, but do you think that the new version of C# (along with > .NET 2.0) will make this book obsolete in any way? The author's web site has the following web page for "Programming Windows With C#": http://www.charlespetzold.com/pwcs/index.html Even without the change from .NET 1.1 to .NET 2.0, one could argue that "Programming Windows With C#" is obsolete due to the need to correct the errors. A 2nd edition is forthcoming if the past is any indication as Charles Petzold has "Programming Windows" up to the 5th edition. When? I do not know. I side-stepped your question because your question can be broken down into parts. 1) What are the C# language changes from .NET 1.x to .NET 2.0? 2) What are the changes in the classes from .NET 1.x to .NET 2.0? Since I am in the process of learning C# with the experience from other software programming languages, I can only give a gut feel answer to these questions ... For item 1 above, if you have been monitoring the newsgroup, the CSharpFinalWorkingDraftApril2005.pdf document was identified for download in the following article for your analysis: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.csharp/msg/0638e096ff2f9786?dmode=source&hl=en There is also web pages such as the following: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vcsharp/2005/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnvs05/html/whidbey_csharp_preview.asp My gut feel is that the C# language changes from .NET 1.x to .NET 2.0 has little or no impact on "Programming Windows With C#". One change may be to use Anonymous Methods wherever possible to help make the code examples read easier, but I do not see such a change as needed. However, some of the new C# language aspects should be included in "Programming In the Key Of C#", for example, Generics. For item 2 above, I have not seen a concise list of the changes in- volving the classes, and I would like to see one. Maybe someone knows of such a list. When I was programming in Java, the word "deprecated" was the term to mean that some class or method was becoming obsoleted. One ap- proach was for the Java compiler to issue a warning when a depre- cated class or method was used in a compile. After wandering around microsoft.com using google searches, I did google searches using the following phrases and got a few hits: "This class has been deprecated." "This method has been deprecated." "This property has been deprecated." From what I have seen from those hits and after using portions of "Programming Windows With C#", my gut feel is that the changes in the classes from .NET 1.x to .NET 2.0 have no impact on "Programm- ing Windows with C#". If you have finished with "Programming in the Key of C#", then you are ready for "Programming Windows With C#".
Thanks for all that info. I'll be sure to check out the new stuff for
2.0 as well. [quoted text, click to view] Doug Arnott wrote:
> John Salerno wrote: > > > I'm interested in Programming Windows with C# (Core Reference) by > > Charles Petzold, but do you think that the new version of C# (along with > > .NET 2.0) will make this book obsolete in any way? > > The author's web site has the following web page for "Programming > Windows With C#": > > http://www.charlespetzold.com/pwcs/index.html > > Even without the change from .NET 1.1 to .NET 2.0, one could argue > that "Programming Windows With C#" is obsolete due to the need to > correct the errors. A 2nd edition is forthcoming if the past is any > indication as Charles Petzold has "Programming Windows" up to the > 5th edition. When? I do not know. > > I side-stepped your question because your question can be broken > down into parts. 1) What are the C# language changes from .NET 1.x > to .NET 2.0? 2) What are the changes in the classes from .NET 1.x > to .NET 2.0? > > Since I am in the process of learning C# with the experience from > other software programming languages, I can only give a gut feel > answer to these questions ... > > For item 1 above, if you have been monitoring the newsgroup, the > CSharpFinalWorkingDraftApril2005.pdf document was identified for > download in the following article for your analysis: > > http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.csharp/msg/0638e096ff2f9786?dmode=source&hl=en > > There is also web pages such as the following: > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/vcsharp/2005/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnvs05/html/whidbey_csharp_preview.asp > > My gut feel is that the C# language changes from .NET 1.x to .NET > 2.0 has little or no impact on "Programming Windows With C#". One > change may be to use Anonymous Methods wherever possible to help > make the code examples read easier, but I do not see such a change > as needed. However, some of the new C# language aspects should be > included in "Programming In the Key Of C#", for example, Generics. > > For item 2 above, I have not seen a concise list of the changes in- > volving the classes, and I would like to see one. Maybe someone > knows of such a list. > > When I was programming in Java, the word "deprecated" was the term > to mean that some class or method was becoming obsoleted. One ap- > proach was for the Java compiler to issue a warning when a depre- > cated class or method was used in a compile. After wandering around > microsoft.com using google searches, I did google searches using > the following phrases and got a few hits: > > "This class has been deprecated." > "This method has been deprecated." > "This property has been deprecated." > > From what I have seen from those hits and after using portions of > "Programming Windows With C#", my gut feel is that the changes in > the classes from .NET 1.x to .NET 2.0 have no impact on "Programm- > ing Windows with C#". > > If you have finished with "Programming in the Key of C#", then you > are ready for "Programming Windows With C#". >
On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 09:45:27 +0530, "Sujith" <ssomanat@oracle.com>
[quoted text, click to view] wrote: >Hi all, > >Can somebody tell me which is the best book for .Net and C# for a >beginner/Intermediate level. >I would like to take MCAD also. > >Thanks, >Sujith > There are plenty of good books on C# available - the difficult part is finding the one that really does it for you... I usually look at amazon.com, check the readers' comments, try to find/read a sample chapter, deciding on the "look and feel" of the book as well! There's a pretty nice book from sybex "C# complete" (for $25) http://www.sybex.com/sybexbooks.nsf/ffabbbf6a64357ff8825695a00809d79/a06b79f99d07bdef88256c1600318fdd!OpenDocument There's the Deitel series with lots of programming examples (some like this approach - some don't) http://www.deitel.com/books/csharpAPI1/csharpAPI1_toc.html My favourite is "Beginning C# objects" as one needs to dig into OOP http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=293 Also take a look at Liberty's book (4th Edition - covers C#2.0 and VS2005) http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progcsharp4/ And last but not least, Mayo's book "C# Unleashed" http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/067232122X/002-3942940-4461667 and website with excellent tutorials at http://www.csharp-station.com/ Happy coding! Chris
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Sujith wrote: > Can somebody tell me which is the best book for .Net and C# for a > beginner/Intermediate level. > I would like to take MCAD also. The MCAD books by Amit Kalani are great! They teach the core areas of ..NET, but you'll need another book to learn the C# language: I like Programming C# by Jesse Liberty for that.
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Eric wrote: > Sujith wrote: > >>Can somebody tell me which is the best book for .Net and C# for a >>beginner/Intermediate level. >>I would like to take MCAD also. > > > The MCAD books by Amit Kalani are great! They teach the core areas of > .NET, but you'll need another book to learn the C# language: I like > Programming C# by Jesse Liberty for that. > > Eric Just got Liberty's book. After I finish the one I'm reading, I'll start
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