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Summary: The most used C# book on my desk
Review: This book was the first C#/.NET book that I ever got. My first impression of it was not very good, but after i got over the initial learning curve, I was hooked. Now i use this book to look upeverything about C# and .NET only if I don't find it in here do I look somewhere else. I don't, however, recommend this book to an absolute beginner. This is more of a intermediate level book.
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Summary: Keep up the good work
Review: I have read most of Mr. Troelson's books. Chapters include do-it-yourself, clear examples. The book covers .NET platform and gradually develops into more complex chapters. I have read the COM ATL and the VB.NET books as well. Excellent and please keept the good work Mr. Troelsen.
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Summary: Great primer!
Review: As someone who is making the switch to C# from MFC/C++, I find that this book is an excellent primer and reference. I'm a "doer" rather than a "reader", and this book has answered every question I've had.
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Summary: MCSD.NET,MCSE,MCDBA,MCSA and MCT
Review: Prof.Andrew is one of the best programmers/authors I have ever seen. This is the most useful book for any intermediate programmer with some previous exp. with VB or C++. I read that book 18 months ago (maybe more) and i can say that it was one of the reasons for my high-level in programming now. Get this book.
"Mr.Andrew thanks for everything".
Michael Youssef
Microsoft.NET Architect/Trainer
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Summary: Excellent review of C# and .Net
Review: This book helped me to understand the concepts of C#.It is presented in a VERY CLEAR Enlish language. To better undestand the concepts and language references the author is using excellent TEACHER's technique:the same coding examples are modified based on what needs to be explained in the chapter. Excellent and clear language definitions for C# (also very helpfull comparison with C++,COM,DCOM). It does not have many practical programming experience and nice tips/tricks to work with C#. But I was not targeting the book as 'show how to program in OOP'. I do have many years of that type of habit. What I needed is to undestand the concept, learn the language syntax and then,of course , I am able to write with my style(as C++ coder) the needed business tasks/applications, and then go into depth of knowledge of .Net as C# programmer.Excellent book for programmers who would like to see the whole picture of C# possibilities and language references in ONE BOOK.
Easy to read, easy to understand and great to start with. For details on programming tips and code - use internet and your experience and...vu a la...enjoy writing your solution for the business needs. Great value for programers (not beginners) to understand the concepts of .net and C#!
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Summary: Where's the positive?
Review: I'm mystified how this book managed to get a 4 star rating. I got this book not too long ago, and maybe made it through half before shelving it with a smirk on my face. This book was *way* too simple to even deserve the name on the cover let alone being printed. That's the main thing: too simple, laughably simple. And even for beginners - get that stuff for free anywhere. And I completely missed the .NET part of this book. Then we can get into the disjointed authoring that continually repeats things and shoddy editing. That's much more realistically where this book stands in my opinion. But I can't get over how many positive reviews this thing gets calling it a "great book, saved me time" and blah blah blah. In fact, I got to all these APress books and they have almost the same reviews over and over again which makes me think some kind of faceless marketing is going on here. Becuase I can't believe my peers would read this thing and then feel they were shocked and amazed, because this book does nothing does dismay and make you feel ripped off.
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Summary: Cant rave enough..
Review: This is by far the best book I have read on .NET and C#. After reading all "Professional Series" books.. this is kind of like fresh air. This book is NOT for people without OO or .NET experience. This book is lucid yet detailed. There are small nugges of wisdom here and there.. Author tell you.. "Here are the ways you can do this in .NET but if you are concerned about performance that would work better etc.. "
I learnt so much new even in first 3 chapters that other books overlook.. For example System.Envronment has method called GetCommandLineArgs whose arg[0] that returns the directory where the application is installed.. This is in 3rd chapter.. !! Bottomline -
By far the best book written about .NET and C#.
Highly recommended..
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Summary: By far the best primer on the two title subjects
Review: I've not finished reading it, yet, but the more I read the better I like it. The author seems to possess a uncanny ability to lay out and explain complex materials in such well-organized and logical ways that made them easier to understand. A good example would be chapter 12 on .NET remoting, which I just finshed reading, though the coverage is not as deep as those found in the books by Don Box and Jeffrey Richter. In the early part of the book on the C# language, the author often refers to and compares C# with VB .NET, which is unnecessary and distracting. VB .NET gets less mentioning later as he moves on to explain how to use C# on the .NET platform.
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Summary: Excellent book on C# and .NET
Review: First, I would like to thank the Author, Andrew Troelsen for writing such an excellent book on C#.
I have read several books on C#, but this book I am reading word by word, sentence by sentence. I liked the way author has introduce new keywords/concept by enhancing the existing code and then explaing the facts about the code (Why and How). The Author has taken a full advantage of his experience in teaching. He has structured this book accordingly. The author has mentioned, this book is for the developer who already has some expousre to modern object language, but I feel this book can help beginners who wants to learn C# and .NET technology. If you want to learn more about C# or enhance your existing knowledge, this is the book. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Better without mentioning VB .NET at all
Review: Overall the author explains C# and its features clearly. What I found annoying is from time to time he refers to and compares C# with VB .NET, which is distracting rather than helpful. To one familiar with the C/C++/Java/C# line, VB and VB .NET are really irrelevant.
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