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If you're not familiar with the first edition, you might be wondering how this book differs from all the other C# books on the market. In short, Illustrated C# 2008 presents the language visually and concisely.
As a programmer who has used many programming languages over the years, I've found that programming texts often hide the ideas in a vast sea of words. I find it difficult to spend the time to slog through another 1000-page book of dense text to learn a new language, and I know lots of other programmers feel the same way. Many C++, Java and VB programmers might be tempted to pick up a book on C# if it were presented visually and concisely, without sacrificing thoroughness and depth, and without being "dumbed-down" or skipping the advanced features of the language.
To address this situation, I wrote the book I wish I'd had when I was learning the language. In Illustrated C# 2008, I've used figures, focused code samples and concise explanations to present and illustrate the language. The thing that makes this text different is its uniquely succinct and visual format.
Many of us think visually, and in this book, figures are of prime importance. When I was teaching programming language seminars, I found that I could almost watch the light bulbs going on over the students' heads as I drew the figures on the whiteboard. In this book, I've expanded that concept, and distilled each important concept into simple but accurate illustrations.
For something as intricate and precise as a programming language, however, there must be text as well as figures. But rather than long, wordy explanations, I've used concise descriptions, tables and bulleted lists to make each important piece of information visually distinct, making it easy to absorb, and easy to find again later.
The code samples were designed to be as short and focused as possible, illustrating only the point at hand. I also tried to keep each code sample on a single page -- and was successful the vast majority of the time.
If you want a long, leisurely, verbose explanation of the language -- this is NOT the book for you! But if you want a concise, but thorough presentation of the language -- this might be just what you're looking for. I hope you'll give it a try!
Dan
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