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Summary: Great Reference
Review: A friend of mine suggested that i buy this book as a first book to learn the C# language. I read through the 100-200 pages of the book and it thoroughly explained everything in the C# language from the different types of variables, to the different functions to how to debug and compile. The book also has notes in it that reflect how you would do somethings in another language.(The notes refer to C++ and Java)
Now that i have a strong understanding of the C# language from this book, it is a great reference book. The index in the back of it is very thorough and makes it easy for me to locate the information i need so i can move on very quickly.
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Summary: A must have book...
Review: After understanding the basics of C#, I found this book to be a great C# reference. The book starts out with the C# basics and then goes into advanced topics of C#. Joe does a great job explaining each topic with excellent examples to give you a better understanding. I would highly recommend this book to any developer looking for a C# book to add to their library.
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Summary: The book I would buy for beginners
Review: Being well schooled in C++ and Java, my first reaction to C# was one of skepticism. To me, it was a language that was redundant and unneeded. However, as I delved deeper into the features, my feelings changed a great deal. Now, I am devoting my personal training time to delving as deeply as possible into C# and if I go back to managing development, will use it over C++. This is also the book that I would purchase for anyone who is a beginner in the language.
Like all good authors of programming books, Mayo spends little time on programming basics such as control constructs and operators. Very few potential readers have not used them, so the briefest of mentions is adequate. In my surveys of programmers who read books about new languages, nearly all say they skim or skip such sections. I found the presentation sequence to be logical, as one topic follows another in a sensible order. The demonstrative examples are small and effective, although an occasional larger one that integrates several topics would have helped. The breadth of coverage is broader than what is done in most beginning books. There are sections on multi-threading, reflection, performance modeling, creating resource files and optimizing the garbage collector among others. While short, these sections demonstrate some of the power built into the language.
If I was required to choose a book for a programming class in C#, this would be the one. The only drawback would be the lack of exercises, but beyond that, I can find little fault with it.
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Summary: Clear, Concise and Practical
Review: C# Unleashed is an excellent book for someone who already knows
a programming language and wants a quick yet solid introduction to C#. The chapters are well structured and chock full of examples. Instead of the usual foobar type of examples the examples are clear and some of them may be used directly in ones own code. Each of the examples are well described in the text so that one can focus on a problem without having to read the whole chapter.The book can also be used as a practical reference. "Tough" topics like Remoting, Network libraries etc. are also covered. The text is well written and easy to read. Some Text Books are boring but this is not one of them. The chapter on Interfaces as an example, is one of the best I have read. ...I look forward to more of his books.
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Summary: Excellent Introduction
Review: C# Unleashed is probably the best all around book on C# that I have read. I bought it after reading Joe's C# tutorials on http://www.csharp-station.com as I really liked his writing style on the website. I read some of the book in my local library and then bought it.
I had a little background in programming before which helped however I wouldn't say it is needed to learn C# from this book. I would advise anyone looking to start programming in C# to check out the website above. It is a great introduction and you will also see if you like Jod's writing style or not as not everyone will like his style as everyone is different.
Obviously no book is perfect so I would like to see a second edition at some point but I do find it hard to fault this book. I think there was a little bit too much on what OO programming is (I knew this already so it was a little boring to read something I already knew) however I understand that this book is for a broad audience and as another reviewer has said the advanced stuff makes up for it :)
All in all it is an excellent book which i am very happy I bought. I also bought Programming C# and C# Pocket Reference to go with it.
Well worth my money!
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Summary: An excellent addition to your shelf
Review: C# Unleashed provides outstanding coverage of a wide variety of C# topics. This book goes all the way from the language syntax on up to ASP.NET and Remoting, an excellent addtion to your shelf referance. One of the things I really liked about this book is its use of the command line compiler in many examples. It shows the "secret magic" of trying to get a project to compile as a DLL vs. EXE (Which if you've ever used VS.NET and want to change it after starting a project is very difficult without this knowledge!). Another thing I truly enjoyed about this book is it's strong emphasis on writing code. I've read the Wrox C# books and all they cover is Drag And Drop in Visutal Studio.NET to work with databases and windows forms. This book actually goes into the CODE of writing a C# application. If you really want to learn C# this is an outstanding book all around!
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Summary: C# Unleashed
Review: Excellent book, written to appeal to multiple levels of developer. The numerous code samples are simple, yet express what functionality that can be created in C#
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Summary: Must have
Review: Great book to begin programming in C#. Easy to read, understandble, clear examples.
If you are C++/Java programmer and want to switch to .NET. You MUST HAVE this book.
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Summary: Could have been a good intermediate book
Review: hello again.
Its me .net learner.
I hav thoroughly covered throught the examples after starting on
alot of beginner wrox books. This must be book number 9 for
me in the ,net series.
This books has a very good coverage on classes.
The examples on the remoting, I cannot get working even though
I have had the ones in wrox books working.
It is true the asp.net coverage is non existent, but if more
explanations and clearly laid out downloadable examples were
provided , this could have been a very good book.
.Net remoting is a very important topic and having removed
that from the books make this book very dull since alot of
other topics are not covered in this book.
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Summary: Well designed informative book
Review: I am familiar with similar languages and do not really see a big use for this one. However the book gives a good argument for it and is very informative on its use and the necessary supporting environment. This makes a good reference book for future projects. If nothing else it tells you how to pronounce the name of the language.
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