Core C# and .NET (Core)
| 2005-09-06 00:00:00 | | 0 | C#
Since its release not quite three years ago, C# has rapidly gained wide usage. This book is written for C# 2.0, covering all the new features in 2.0, including generics. In addition to its coverage of C#, it also provides information on the .NET Framework and classes that C# interacts with. Every chapter includes questions and answers along with suggested projects.
User review
One of the best books for .NET and C#
Core C# and .NET, read cover to cover would almost cover the entire 70-536 exam (.NET 2.0 Frameworks Application Development Foundation). Take the title of this book to heart - it is C# AND .NET. This book is without any doubt my most valued C# or .NET book to date.
I think a better title would be `Lean the.NET Framework inside and out! ,,.with plenty of code examples provided in C#`
Quick Note: I was using the Microsoft Training Kit For Exam 70-536( .NET 2.0 Frameworks Application Development Foundation). I read it cover to cover. While it is essential reading if you are going to take the exam, the Training Kit is full of gaps and errors. In some cases, incorrect information that needs to be unlearned (this has become a known fact about the book in the blogosphere and forums)
,,.I went to a local book seller and read C# books for hours with a goal of finding the right one to fill on those gaps. `Core C# and .NET` managed to clarify `chapters` of confusion from the Training Kit in 15 minutes of reading - I slammed the book shut and got up and paid for it. Slammed it shut because I was aggravated with Microsoft - Stuff I was struggling to understand was so clear to me because of this book. Good writing, knowledge, and frankly, a good teaching style.
I have since come to love this book and I have had it for only a week.
If you want to `Learn the.NET Framework inside and out!` this is the book!
User review
Pretty good read
I bought this book actually as a supplement and direct comparison to Andrew Troelsen's `Pro C# 2005 and the .NET 2.0 Platform`. I think `Core C#` spends a little more time on more basic concepts, resulting in an even briefer treatment of some more advanced topics than Troelsen's book gives.
However, the book is still pretty good, for the sections of it that I've read. (I can only read so many C# language primers!) And I will say that there is a topic or two in here -- such as printer output with GDI+, that Troelsen makes no mention of at all.
My conclusion? Get both books! I have both and plan on hanging on to them for a long time to come.
User review
Comprehansive BUT BOOORING
It's a good book, but you know it is one of those books where you have to be either forced to read it or VEEERY interested in reading it, I'm faling asleep every 2-3 pages. I wish he would borrow his stile from Robert Vieira or someone with at least remote sence of humor ,,. but as far as technicality goes it is OK.
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Impressive, impressive
It's impressive how a programmer with over 25 years of experience makes so many technical mistakes. He still assumes that you can't overload operators with Visual Basic. You can, believe me.
He tells people that the compilers ship with the SDK. No, they don't. They do ship with the runtime. And the Command Prompt installs with the IDE? Holy Chicken! Actually, it installs with the SDK. The only exception here is C++ Express, which still comes with the command prompt.
Then he proudly tells you how to compile a program named winform.cs with the command line compiler, like so:
csc /t:winform.exe /r:System.Windows.Forms.dll winform.cs
Try that. It won't compile. It should be:
csc /t:winexe winform.cs
Nothing more and nothing less. Why should you reference the System.Windows.Forms.dll and leave out the other two required namespaces? Well, if an author can't get such simple things right, then I think he has no business in writing books for experienced programmers.
Those who are experienced won't need guidance on how to write a simple form and such ridiculous stuff. Unfortunately, the lowest possible rating here is one star, so that's why he got one star and not less. Especially the first part contains more grammatical errors than other editors would let slip through for an entire book of this size.
Personally, this is the first and the last book from Perry that I have bought. And yes, it's also the last one from Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference I bought. Perhaps they should hire some editors who actually know their job. This one's the most disappointing book on programming I have ever bought. It might be useful for programmers at an elementary level, but it's a far cry from advanced level.
User review
good for beginners
I am a begginer of C#, while have C/C++ experience
for several years.
After reading this book, I feel this book is good
for experienced other language programmers.
Topics are surely many but getting informations from
this book, you will be able to get some clues for
searching more deep issues in MSDN Library.
But one thing I was dissapointed is missing 'using'
statement for the scope management and Transaction
classes introduced in .NET 2.0.