Looking for good books

[johnny_xia]

Dear All,

I am new to C# and looking for some good books for a start. I have been
working on Windows Platform for several years and have extensive experience
in C++ and COM. I decide to shift to .Net from now.

Regards,
Johnny Xia.

 

[Ravikanth[MVP]]

Hi

Please visit the following site
http://www.dotnetbooks.com/

HTH
Ravikanth[MVP]

 

[timtos]

On that list there is a book called
"Professional C#"

Don´t buy that one! It is horrible!
Sorry to say that but it´s true.

You can look at amazon.com to read some comments about the book.
I´ve bought it myself. A lot of mistakes and most of the topics are just
scratching the surface!

Greetings,
timtos.

 

[William Ryan]

Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming by Jeffrey Richter is subperb

Debugging Applications for Microsoft .NET and Microsoft Windows is
unquestionably a must have.

Charles Petzold's Programming Windows with C# is also a great one.

For ADO.NET, get David Sceppa's ADO.NET Core Reference or Bill Vaughns'
ADO.NET best practices (actually, get them both)

 

[Arun Prakash G]

Yes, Applied Microsoft .NET Framework is really good... the initial
chapters gives good exposure to .NET for beginners.

Cheers,
Arun Prakash G

 

[johnny_xia]

How about this one "Essential .NET Volume I: The Common Language Runtime" by
Don Box?

 

[Nick Hertl]

Dear All,

I am new to C# and looking for some good books for a start. I have been
working on Windows Platform for several years and have extensive experience
in C++ and COM. I decide to shift to .Net from now.

Regards,
Johnny Xia.

Everybody likes different things, but I've found a couple good ones.

1) ASP.NET Unleashed - Stephen Walther - Sams 2002 (ISBN:
0-672-32068-1)
Great starter for C# based ASP

2) Essential .NET Volume 1 - Don Box - Addison-Wesley 2003 (ISBN:
0-201-73411-7)
More advanced but great for the power .NET developer (Don't make this
your first C# or .NET book)