Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005.133 EAN: 9780131345911 ISBN: 0131345915 Label: Prentice Hall PTR Manufacturer: Prentice Hall PTR Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 1360 Publication Date: December 01, 2005 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Sales Rank: 455479 Studio: Prentice Hall PTR
Rating: - What's up with the index?
In general, I like this book because it covers a lot of material fairly systematically. As a tech writer, though, I've got one observation I haven't seen here before - I use the index quite a bit and I find that, in many instances, the page listed has nothing to do with the index topic. That's pretty bad. A reference book should have a better index.
Rating: - Great book
This book is very comprehensive yet thorough for programmers who are new to C#. I enjoy the nice explanation of XML concepts at the conclusion of most of the early chapters although I have only read up to chapter 7. If you are late on the concept of object-oriented programming, it also gives a detailed explanation of how real-life objects can be applied to programming (go figure the concept object oriented-programming).
Rating: - A persective
This book is a good blend of computer science and programming C#. I especially appreciated the treatment of UML. Of course, like any other book of this nature, it can't teach all you need there is to know on the subject. It is a very good starting point for learning programming. It's up to the reader to take the knowledge gained from the Deitel book and build upon it. Overall this is a very good book.
Rating: - Learn C# by example
I have been programming for over 18 years and this is the book
I turned to when it was finally time to learn C#. The book
features a large number of sample programs that are easy to
understand. Each sample is followed by paragraphs that explain
what the code is doing, line by line.
The best way to use the book is to read a section, and then
build the sample program from scratch. There are a few instances
where the text is not perfectly clear ... Read More
Rating: - Like a poorly designed class, this book tries to do too many things...
1. This book teaches the syntax of C# -- that is why I purchased it. 2. This book also attempts to teach the reader UML. 3. This book also fancys itself a "best practices" reference giving tips and recommendations (which they sometimes don't follow in their code examples).
From the title, I was expecting an intermediate to advanced book designed for people who already knew what a variable is or a control structure. This book is more of an introduction to programming than a book for programmers. ... Read More
- Great book
- Like a poorly designed class, this book tries to do too many things...
