Product Description

C# is Microsoft's brand new programming language for its new platform, the .NET Framework. The .NET Framework consists of a runtime environment for managing the execution of our code, and a whole host of class libraries for performing almost any programming task you can think of. Although .NET code can be written in many languages, C# is the only language designed specifically for the .NET Framework, and as such is set to become the language of choice for writing .NET applications for years to come.

This book will be an indispensable guide as you learn to write C# programs, gradually explaining the key concepts of C# and .NET as your skills develop. After a thorough explanation of the basics of the C# language, we take an in-depth look at object-oriented programming in C#, before moving on to see how we write Windows applications in C#. We also show how you can create dynamic web pages and web services in C#. Finally, two case studies provide full examples of C# applications in action and show how it all ties together.

This book covers:

The C# language
.NET Programming with C#
Object-oriented programming
Writing Windows applications
Accessing databases
Writing web pages and web services in C#

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #511834 in Books
• Published on: 2001-09
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 1035 pages

From Amazon.com
Suitable for even those new to programming, Beginning C# presents a thorough and digestible tutorial on C#, the premiere new language for the Microsoft .NET Framework. This well-paced guide strikes a good balance between covering the language itself and the underlying .NET platform. It can put C# within reach of a wide range of readers of all abilities.

Weighing in at over 1,300 pages, the volume is big but never dense. The authors do a good job at focusing on the C# language first, with a minimum of cheerleading for the .NET platform. The book jumps right in with a well-paced language-based tutorial that covers everything, from basic data types and flow control to elements of class design in C#. Instead of assuming a lot of knowledge of other programming languages, the text takes the reader through from the very beginning, proving that C# is indeed a good first language to learn. The book is good at pointing out how to take advantage of tools and wizards available in Visual Studio .NET, which can help simplify class design. Clear explanation of advanced features of the language, like properties, indexers, events and delegates, and operator overloading, all get their due, illustrated with short code excerpts.

As the title progresses, it circles back toward the .NET platform itself, first with several sections on core APIs like strings and collections that will let you do more with C# with less work. A nice introductory chapter looks at Windows Forms for building traditional thick clients, while a section on ASP.NET introduces Web development on .NET. New APIs for database programming in ADO.NET and Web services are also covered.

The text closes with two longer case studies that show off C# in action--in an ASP.NET-based Web site for online polling, plus a fairly involved newsletter site with good administrative control of subscribers. These longer samples are fine, but it's the careful choice of shorter code excerpts, along with the authors' patient and clear explanation of key C# language features, that will help this book really fly. It's a strong choice for learning the basics of C# in a hurry, whether you are coming to Microsoft's new language from C++ or Java or are brand new to programming. While C# is still very new, the authors of Beginning C# manage to pack a lot of material that nails down this language accurately into a well-presented tutorial format that ranks with the best. --Richard Dragan

Book Info
An indispensable guide for learning to write C# programs. Explains the key concepts of C# and .NET as your skills develop. Two case studies provide full examples of C# applications in action and show how it all ties together. Softcover.

From the Publisher
Beginning C# provides a painless introduction to C# for beginners or relatively inexperienced programmers, who want to move to the .NET Framework from languages that don't support modern object-oriented programming techniques. This book is for everyone who is tired of C# books that assume ten-plus years of C++ experience.

Customer Reviews

BORING
This is a great book - it explains the concepts quite well, for a person like me, with a PHP background. However, it's incredibly boring. The first 250 pages of the book is dedicated to many small hello-world-style examples of code, which really doesn't explain why or where one should really use enumerations, structs and stuff - I would have preffered to be walked through larger, real-life applications instead. Don't get me wrong - this book is great for looking up stuff, but as a beginner, it's better to complement it with a more hands-on approach.

Helpful but sloppy
This book has very good intentions and covers things in a good solid order, BUT, the mistakes are just plain sloppy. Please don't tell me this book was seriously edited, because you can tell immediately that it was not. If I wrote documentation at work as sloppy as this book was written, I'd be in trouble. On the flip side, the excercises were very helpful, and the authors do a decent job simplifying the topics enough for beginners to grasp them. However, true beginners should start with C# for Dummies. I hope the second edition really cleans things up though. Wrox should allow for mail-in rebates when second editions come out so quick. I'm sure many of us would be happy to tear off the back cover of the first editions and send it in for a check in return!

THE BEST BOOK--GO FOR IT !!!
This is a great book. Easy to follow. As with any computer book, boring to read, but not at all hard to follow--with exception of few points here and there. The reward comes when you apply it and when you finish reading it.

This book is an answer to my prayers for finding something that will teach me dot net and C# in a comprehensive and easy to learn way.

All learning to program books are kind of boring, inluding this one. Easiest to read a bit every day and take a few months to finish, rather than trying to gobble up the hole piece and getting extremely bored.

My background is that of a mid-level progammer, working with VB 6.0. I had some knowledge about objects before I picked up the book.

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