Programming C# with Visual Studio .NET 2005

By Jeffery Suddeth

Book Overview

Programming C# with Visual Studio .NET 2005 is a practical guide to writing software using the latest version of the C# language. After covering the fundamentals of the language, the book moves into... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1411664477
• ISBN13: 9781411664470
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Lulu Press, Inc.
• Length: 490 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.2" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Introduction to C#

Jeffrey Suddeth explains C# clearly and concisely. It teaches basic C# syntax, C# containers (arrays & collections), delegates & events, exception handling, the Visual Studio IDE and environment, Windows Forms, GUIs, using XML from C#, multithreaded C# programming, and finally network programming. Some of the latter topics in other books are presented in an overly complex way that can daunt even determined readers. What I liked about this book is that these topics were simple and easy to learn.

Must have for C# programmers - Real Life Examples

I don't know Jeffery personally but I know Jeffery by his blog and now, his book. I can say this book covers topics that programmers come across more in a real-world environment, rather than focusing on those topics that you really don't use much in an OOP shop. Examples: he covers hash tables, sealed classes, generics, stack and heap just to name a few that I'm personally trying to work more with in my job currently and need to get more of a grip on. He covers it in simple down to earth terms and examples that related to a lot of coding situations or terminology that I have to brush up on currently for the [...]. If you want an insight on areas a true OOP shop uses, this is a good book to reference. His examples are simple which is very important. Why are they simple? NO, it's not because he was lazy and lacked the content in his book; it's because unlike other books, he is able to in fewer paragraphs successfully, because he has chosen his words carefully and with a simple approach that doesn't make your head spin all at once. C# is often intimidating if you haven't used it because sometimes they throw in 2-3 terms that really mean the same thing in one paragraph when really, all that was needed was a simple paragraph to explain what it's really going on and you find it's not so bad after all. This book is for beginners, intermediate, and some advanced programmers. For absolute beginner or non OOP programmers this book should be complimented by others as you learn C# and will serve as a useful book that will not sit and collect dust...you will find it useful.

Good solid information

As both a programmer, and an instructor, I have to say I really appreciated this book. The material was presented with a great balance of explanation and examples. The examples were simple but based on real life topics (so the reader could easily imagine the true usefullness of the concept being illustrated.) And the author did a great job of introducing forward concepts (that is, bringing the reader a taste of more advanced topics in a way that is comprehensible to a bright beginner.) The editing errors mentioned by another reader were minor and did not interfere with understanding -- I have seen worse editing in technical books put out by major technical publishers. And I am pleased to say that all the examples I downloaded from the author's web site compiled and ran correctly (also were available in nice small files.)

A Truly Excellent Book!

If you have grown weary of books that promise to provide for you a positive, easy learning experience, only to fall miles short of that promise, this book is for you. Jeffery Suddeth provides clean, crisp, straight-forward examples from which you learn easily what hitherto you may have found virtually incomprehensible in other books. There is no wasted verbage, no overkill, no being talked down to. Only clear, concise, and easily-understandable information. If you want to truly learn C#, and not merely acquire a passing familiarity as well you might with so many other books out there, this is the book for you. Indeed, Jeffery Suddeth has you learning highly technical topics with greater ease than the much less technical, and therefore less usable, topics covered in books intended for base level readers. I am grateful to Mr. Suddeth for making the learning of complex material not only easy, but actually enjoyable.

Great way to learn C#

I wish this book was around when I was first learning C#. There is so much to learn with .NET that everyone has to specialize, and to really learn your area well, you start by getting general knowledge about C# and .NET from a book, then go the online help, blogs, and newsgroups to learn your specific area. Given that, there's just no reason to try and wade through some 1400 page book -- this book is just the right size. It has a good and clear explanation of the language basics, as well as the best (in that it is both understandable and correct) explanation of delegates and events I have yet seen (very important since they are both essential to .NET programming, and also a bit hard to grasp at first.) It also gives a nice introduction to some advanced topics, and includes discussion of some of the neat features introduced in 2.0. If I could give 1/2 stars, I would take off half a star for the quality of the editing, but overall, this book is more than worth the price.