A Programmer's Introduction to C#

By Eric Gunnerson

As the new programming language for Microsoft's next generation of Window servers, C# is fast, modern and designed to increase programmer productivity. C# enables programmers to quickly build a wide range of applications for the new Microsoft .Net platform. Designed as a comprehensive reference to get programmers up to speed on C#, this guide explains how it fits into the Microsoft network. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1893115623
• ISBN13: 9781893115620
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Apress
• Length: 540 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

The Standard

I may have the dubious distinction of having read every published book on C# from cover to cover (well, almost). That said, this book was one of the first I encountered when I started learning C# (in its first edition, of course), and I still return to it several times weekly in its second edition (usually to clarify an exposition by another author). For my money, this is as good as writing gets when the subject is THE LANGUAGE,...

A very interesting, somewhat unusual tutorial

While not the best tutorial out there for intermediate level programmers with a C++ or Java background (Liberty's book is better as a pure tutorial), this book is much better at explaining style and C# idioms than Liberty. I bought both books and am glad I did.Gunnerson is very clear at what is good C# style and what is not and why you should choose one idiom rather than another. Also, unlike Liberty's book, Gunnerson leads...

Excellent depth for such an early title...

C# is an extremely exciting new language, and this book does an excellent job getting the intermediate to experienced programmer up to speed. I was able to read this book in one sitting, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I definately recommend this book to anyone looking for an introductory book that goes beyond the basics.

Great book on a great language

Gunnerson's on the C# design team and know the language as well as anybody - and his experience shows in this really really nice book. This isn't a "quickie book" which is a rehashed white paper, like the book by Wille from Sams! At this stage it is hard to imagine a better book on C#.What about C# itself? First off you can get the language free as part of the .NET SDK from Microsoft's MSDN web site, it's a command line interpretor...