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C# Book Recommendations?

Posted by Cliff on from the which-one-is-the-best-to-learn-from dept.

Stevecrox asks: "I'm in my final year of university and have a working knowledge of C/C++, Visual Basic, VHDL and a variety of Assembler languages, however chatting to a friend on his placement year I've been told that C# is what employers are really looking for. What book would you recommend to someone looking to learn C# with my experience?"

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  1. I can recomend... by Edam · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can recomend the Holy Bible (King James Version, leather bound):
    http://www.amazon.com/Bible-Giant-Print-Personal-L ibrary/dp/0834003511/ref=ed_oe_h/002-6705002-67456 10
    to help absolve your sins, my son...

    --
    "Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master." -Pravin Lal
  2. Re:Head First Java by Metasquares · · Score: 2, Funny

    What's wrong with gdb?

  3. Don't get the Nutshell one by Erioll · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've read a few of the "in a Nutshell" books, and the C# one is by FAR the worst. Most of the others are anywhere from good to great (the Java one is outstanding IMO), but the C# one just falls really REALLY flat. The examples are bad, and he often jumps in "assuming" that you know how things are supposed to work. But most glaringly, it doesn't even cover the most common operations. Like take a guess how to bring in an entire text file at once? Guess what: you basically need to go into the API and figure it out yourself, because none of the string or file I/O examples touch on it at all. Now true, I haven't seen it since first edition, but I wouldn't trust it at all. I'm just glad I didn't lay money out for it, but rather got it from a library.

    The authors of the "nutshell" books are not all the same, hence the vast differences in quality. Buyer beware!