Wrox's Visual C# 2005 Express Edition Starter Kit [With CDROM]

by F. Scott Barker

First, Barker explains how to install Visual C# 2005 Express Edition, which is included on the accompanying CD-ROM, and walks you through programming basics. You'll then learn how to build user... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764589555
• ISBN13: 9780764589553
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Wrox Press
• Length: 305 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Good book

It's a very good book for beginners, with very interesting things to discover

I wish I started programming with this book

The times for programming are so much more friendly to new comers. This book is wonderfully easy to ready, and beginner friendly. You don't feel like you're reading a textbook. I like that this book is so thin. It really didn't take long to get through this (perhaps because i've programmed already). it also covers using the tools to connect to SQL Server Express. But what's even cooler is that it demonstrates how to connect to web services. You also get the basics of the C# language. Which for C++ folks will be like sailing on a sunny day. But for new comers, will be straight forward. It's so easy. If students completely new to programming want a place to start (and want to program on Windows), get this book, it comes with Visual C# Express 2005 and SQL Server Express 2005 (so no high speed internet connection needed). Plus the author looks like a cool biker dude. :)

Do they have an editor at Wrox (Wiley)?

Seems like a good book so far. But I'm only on page 5 and I have encountered syntax error after syntax error after syntax error, and typo after typo after typo. Don't these publishers bother to read their manuscripts before they send them to press? There are so many goofs I'm beginning to wonder if I can continue reading it since I am constantly tripping over the editing blunders. Psssst, Wrox (Wiley) ... programmers are brilliant people but they can't write English. They need help; that's where YOU come in. Get it?

halfway done with it as of today!

I just received this book yesterday (I pre-ordered it in August, 2005) and am halfway done with it as of today. I must say, that this book is a definite must for beginner hobbyists in the C# world. The book had a great layout, explains things clearly, is extremely easy to read and overall is very well put together. Given the hurried release of the book, and it being a first edition, there are a few grammatical & spelling errors, but those are easily submitted at Wrox's website for review. So far I have not found any errors in the code unlike other books I have read. I decided to get this book because I regularly visit Coding4Fun (http://msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/) which for those of you not familiar, is a hobbyist programming site put together by a select few at Microsoft. I know that Dan Fernandez, one of the Coding4Fun authors, who I believe is still Lead Product Manager for Visual Studio Express helped Scott out while writing this book. I figured that this book, along with the Coding4Fun website, would be a great addition to my bookshelf. The main theme of the book ties very well into what hobbysist and beginner programmers are all about. Starting small and simple and working your way up. The author makes use of the starter kits included with Visual Studio Express very well. Keep up the good work!