| Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform, Fourth Edition | 
 enlarge | Author: Andrew Troelsen
Publisher: APRESS
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (8 reviews)
Sales Rank: 6901
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 4th Revised edition
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1370
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.2
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 7 x 2.4
ISBN: 1590598849
Dewey Decimal Number: 005
EAN: 9781590598849
ASIN: 1590598849
Publication Date: November 15, 2007
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 Broad but neither deep nor concise November 20, 2008
I can recommend this book but only to programmers experienced in an OO language.
I have only read 500 pages so far but am sufficiently annoyed that I felt the need to write a review. I have covered all the core and advanced C# features and am now heading in to the .NET assemblies section.
I have found the phrasing imprecise and the editing substandard. I am surprised that no errata has appeared on the publisher's "Pro C# 2008" web page despite it being released last year. Code examples are copious but frequently differentiate themselves very little from previous examples and could save hundreds of pages by being cut down.
Despite my criticisms, I feel that I have now gained a working knowledge of C#. I am sure that any experienced OO programmer could do the same but I shudder to think that somebody might rely on this book to introduce them to OO concepts.
To be completely subjective, I really dislike Troelsen's writing style. I had the opportunity to dip in to the text before I bought it and at that time I felt it was written in an approachable style but after 500 pages I am grinding my teeth. Sentences that equate to, "X is a feature of C# but is useless until it is made use of," are not uncommon. The phrase "to be sure" now makes me flinch. Some sentences just stagger me with their irrelevance.
It doesnt get much better than this September 23, 2008
I have read a couple of the previous versions and for me Andrew is the best technical author bar none. This isnt a light book to carry around but its worth it if you have to. You might think "how can this be a good book as it covers everything" but Andrew covers every subject with enough detail so that by the end of each section you know the concept, understand what is required for that concept, and have sufficient code examples to work with and even take further. Top drawer work
Great Technical Book July 4, 2008
This is a really excellent technical book that you can actually enjoy reading from cover to cover. It assumes a reasonable level of competance, but actually goes through learning C# and .NET in a way that would be an excellent beginners method too (especially if you went through every example, to which source code is available online). The author even manages to get in the odd bit of dry humour too which never goes amiss in a thick technical book such as this!
The book regularly points you at a number of web resources which the author has built up over the years which give excellent additional information about topics which are outside the scope of the book. Overall, I'd say this is one of the best technical books I have ever read.
For seasoned programmers only June 9, 2008
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An exhaustive reference book on all things C#... But I would disagree with some of the earlier posts that recommend this for novices. If you've been programming in other languages and you want to transfer your Knowledge to C# 2008 terms, then yes, you don't need to have read another book on C#, this is the definitive guide. There doesn't seem to be anything better out there to take you from Non-C# Professional Programmer to C# Professional Programmer. But if you're starting out from scratch in programming, you won't be programming for long if you count on this to take you from zero knowledge to pro.
From the very first pages, the reader is expected to follow streams of self-referencing jargon which will be quite clear to programmers, but to the novice, here's a little how it feels like:
[H.Mpp] is a derin picker (see chapter 59) without all the rumms and can be divided into Yoos and AD2s (unlike G.O. which objectivies even without greeling the original Z and we all know how annoying that can be!)Here's an example:
?hy/
HYYu (lks) ?
So you see how much easier it is to code in C#?
Joking aside, the point is that if you are already familiar with the jargon and what it actually refers to, this is a goldmine of information, but if you're just starting off, I would go for the Head First C# book. It'll get you up to speed in no time.
The best programming book March 13, 2008
This is the scond book i bought from the same author(Andrew Troelsen) and I am glad to do so. The first book was about vb2005 and the .net framework or simlar title to this, which I liked the style and depth of explaination. This writer doesn't leave any room for confusion. He explains everything in details. This book is very useful for biggeners as well as a must a have for advanced programmers who wants to learn C#. This book is highly recommended
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