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Summary: Great Book, An easier way of learning C# and Window Forms
Review: I recommend this book, "Windows Forms Programming with C#" explains how to practically program in .Net environment in detail. As a Window programmer (VB and VC/C++), this book helps me to program and understand the .NET platform in an easy way.I like the well-planned layout of the book; it is one of the most reader friendly books I have even seen. This book helps you to learn a lot of important concepts in a very natural way. On each topic discussed, the related class tables are right there for you, and the operation tables guide you step by step the actions you need to take to accomplish the project it explains clearly and shows you the result in each action you take side by side. Inside the book appendix you also find a list of useful websites for related/further study. This is a great book for learning C# and Windows Forms, it is easy to read and easy to understand.
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Summary: Good in explanation of winform, poor in program design
Review: If you are just getting started with Windows Forms, and want to learn the basics, fine. If you want to develop data-driven real world, esp. enterprise applications, this book is of very little help. The author seems to be a novice in large-scale application design. He can certainly build a simplistic sample program, using as many features in Windows Forms as possible, but I doubt his ability to create even the most basic data-entry app for your client. It's really strange almost all reviewers gave it a 5-star rating. On a side note, I've read quite a few titles published Manning, and am under the impression that "lack of depth" is their hallmark. (Have you read the ".NET multi-threading" one? the author obviously didn't have much insight into threading, much less .NET threading)
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Summary: Offers Mid-Level, Real Development-Project Expertise!
Review: Most real-world development projects require expertise in three areas: 1. Graphics
2. Controls
3. Collections; the foreach-statement derivation from IEnumerable To master all 3, with your typical introductory-C# programming books, one must study 3 books, one book per area. Then you go through a time-consuming and headache-producing cycle of merging the 3 books. Joyfully, Erik Brown has done all the work for you! You're freed up to enjoy the fun of real coding. Chapter 5 picks the "right" collection for you --- CollectionBase, because it's strongly typed. Then Chapter 7 moves nimbly between graphics and controls. All you, the student/programmer, have to do is sit back and enjoy it... Nice!
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Summary: Good but omits multithreading....
Review: No detailed coverage of the Progress Bar control. Reason: so that multithreading and concurrency could be avoided. It is a common GUI programming task to allow a user to cancel a long running operation while keeping the GUI updated and responsive. However, this requires spawning off a separate thread to handle the long-running operation. That thread must also be able to communicate with the main GUI thread. This must be performed carefully but it is easily done by experienced GUI programmers. You won't get coverage of that with this book. Good luck....
BT
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Summary: Wow!
Review: Ok, I'll admit it. Lately, I've been the type of person who will absolutely swear by reading customer reviews before buying a book. Then after purchasing and reading the book, I wouldn't invest the time to write a review in order to help others. Until now. This book has captivated me, and I can't seem to put it down. Mr. Brown speaks well, presents his material in a logical, orderly fashion, and with child-like ease. I haven't read a book that compares with this quality since Steve Krug's "Don't Make Me Think!" I especially like the way the Mr. Brown lays out the framework for the book, and encourages you to follow along with the "project". After completing the book, you'll have in your possession one complete, functional Windows Application. You could, of course, simply download the code from the publisher's web site (which, btw is organized chapter by chapter, section by section), but I've enjoyed walking the path with Mr. Brown as he explains concepts, the .NET framework, and what his thought process is as he builds a working photo album application. What's more, I haven't seen *that* many typos in this work. There are some, don't get me wrong, but I was easily able to spot them even before writing the code. If you follow along with the process he lays out, you're bound to spot the mispelled variable names when they do appear. Even if they slip by you, you'll recognize that something is amiss when Intellisense doesn't kick in. Believe me though, these minor setbacks don't even compare to the major headaches one receives when trying to use code from say...Wrox. Believe me when I tell you that you will enjoy this book from the moment you begin chapter one. This book isn't meant to be a reference, but rather, a valuable learning tool that is a joy to read, easy to follow, and rewarding when complete. I would recommend it to anyone interested in learning to build functional, intelligent interfaces and having fun doing it.
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Summary: Windows Forms Programming with C#
Review: This book is by far one of the best intructional books on the subject of C# and Window Form programming I have come across. Not only does it work through the subject with a real world example, it approaches programming in such a manner that even if you've never programmed a line of code (much less OOP language programming) you'll be able to internalize the concepts and structure of the C# language in short order. Add to Erik's thorough tutorial on a windows form application the book's resourse rich appendix and you have one of the better books on C# progamming to become available in some time.
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Summary: best of class
Review: This book makes clear, lucid, logical work out of a complex subject - how dotnet works within windows. There are a lot of c# books, but not many that cut through the muck and gives you as deep an understanding as this one. Most programming/dotnet books tend to bombard you with an avalanche of loosely connected details that just leave you confused and in need of some digestion. Erik Brown is some sort of genius to be able to accomplish this. If you want understanding and not just a mass of superficial knowledge nuggests, buy this book.
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Summary: Very good book
Review: This is a great programming book - period. Erik has a great style of writing and presents Windows Forms programming by example, explains what is going on in detail and how to use VS.NET to accomplish the task. If you want to learn Windows Forms programming, I would not hesitate to recommend this book.
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Summary: Very good book
Review: This is a great programming book - period. Erik has a great style of writing and presents Windows Forms programming by example, explains what is going on in detail and how to use VS.NET to accomplish the task. If you want to learn Windows Forms programming, I would not hesitate to recommend this book.
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Summary: Best Windows Forms Book I've Read
Review: This is by far the clearest and best way to get up to speed writing Windows Form applications. I especially like the format of the "Action/Result" tables. It clearly shows the sequence of steps required to accomplish the current task described in the book. I also like the eBook format so I can have it on the screen as I experiment with my own development.
Both beginner programmers and former C++ Win32 developers will welcome this approach to entering the world of .NET and C#.
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