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Professional C# (Programmer to programmer) (Paperback)

by Simon Robinson (Author), Burt Harvey (Author), Craig McQueen (Author), Christian Nagel (Author), Morgan Skinner (Author), Jay Glynn (Author), Karli Watson (Author), Ollie Cornes (Author), Jerod Moemeka (Author)
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  • Paperback: 1200 pages
  • Publisher: WROX Press Ltd; illustrated edition edition (1 Jun 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1861004990
  • ISBN-13: 978-1861004994
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 18.5 x 6.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 593,493 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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C# is so tied to the .NET framework it doesn't make sense to separate the two. This is why Professional C# starts with a thorough discussion of the .NET Framework architecture first.

Similarly, the authors discuss VB.NET and C++ along with the byte code they compile to--Intermediate Language--backward compatibility with COM and comparisons with other languages including Java (not all entirely accurate).

In Professional C# you start at the beginning with types, variables, casting (boxing), scope and other basics followed by flow control: if, switch, while and foreach (from VB). Just about every feature of C# is then discussed and demonstrated along with all the things you might want to do with it in a Windows environment, ending with a long chapter on .NET security. There follows sections for other language programmers moving to C#. It's all rather thorough.

High points include the section on Visual.NET studio, XML, Active Directory and ASP.NET--largely for the way they demonstrate how hard Microsoft has worked to integrate .NET features (of which C# is one). The discussions associated with the practical code samples are also excellent, for example, the one on programming graphics with GDI+ (following the section on forms) which introduces some interesting gotchas.

While completeness is to be applauded Professional C# suffers from dry wordiness and poor subbing common to many multi-authored Wrox programming titles. Despite constantly wishing the text were as tightly written as the code Professional C# is an accessible reference to the language suitable for anyone with an interest in C#. --Steve Patient



Book Description

If we were to describe the C# language and its associated environment, the .NET Framework, as the most important new technology for developers for many years, we would not be exaggerating. .NET is designed to provide a new environment within which you can develop almost any application to run on Windows, while C# is a new programming language that has been designed specifically to work with .NET.

In this book, we introduce all the key concepts of the C# language and the .NET Framework. As well as full coverage of C# syntax, there are examples of building all types of applications using C# - Windows applications and Windows services, web applications and web services with ASP.NET, and Windows and web controls. There is also full discussion of the most common .NET class libraries, such as data access using ADO.NET, and accessing Active Directory using the DirectoryServices classes.

This book covers:

All the features of the C# language
Object-oriented programming in C#
Windows applications and Windows services
Writing web pages and web services with ASP.NET
.NET Assemblies
Accessing your data with ADO.NET
Distributed applications with .NET Remoting
Integration with COM, COM+, and Active Directory

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Complete guide marred by an incredible number of typo's, 28 Sep 2001
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For those with a VB background this is the best book around for C# programmers since it makes no assumptions - unlike virtually every other C Sharp book currently on the shelves. It's a complete and exhaustive guide to the world of C Sharp with lots of code samples and explanations that really help explain things. C++ programmers may find some of the "OO" overview and nanny-like explanations (one or two "personal reminisces" really had me cringing and really had little to do with the subject under discussion) too patronising and should perhaps look at Andrew Troelsen's "C# and the Net Platform" from Apress instead (personally I found that book too jumbled, unclear and confused in its numerous "chicken and egg" attempts to explain things but C++ programmers seem to like it).

In many ways this book would be a "return to form" for Wrox Press after some real stinkers recently, but it is let down by the fact it has been rushed into print and clearly not been proof-read (there are over 4 pages of errata at the Wrox web site - and that's excluding a lot of the irritating "plain English" typo's that are also scattered on virtually every page!) Hopefully they'll get someone to proofread the second edition (when the final release ships), but in the meantime this is good value for money and a thorough introduction to the language for newcomers to the world of C/C#

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive and detailed, but with a few rough edges, 10 Jul 2001
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There seems to have been a race to get the first C# books on to our (virtual) bookshelves, and most of the initial offerings are a bit dubious. However, this particular one bubbles to the top of the heap - it's very comprehensive, covering much more than the title would suggest (maybe a better title would be "Programming .NET with C#"). The coverage of C# is very good, and the additional sections on, say, ADO.NET and GDI+ are very interesting. The style is OK, though inconsistencies show up between chapters.

There are a few irritations - a number of trivial errors and typos (the results of rushing to get the book out?), a lot of repetition (possibly due to having so many authors and not enough edit time) and, in spite of the "Professional" in the title, too much time spent on basics (do we really need yet another introduction to OO programming?) - despite these niggles, however, the book is probably the best of the current crop of .NET related books.

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2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars outstanding!, 7 Sep 2001
Fantastic use of csharp an ideas of potential csharp development. I've read most of the sections about 3 times now... The section on remoting is the most thorough I've seen anywhere on the internet including the MSDN website. This exemplifies the standard that we have come to expect from Wrox.
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