Product DescriptionGet Everything You Can Out of Visual C# and the .NET Framework
Mastering Visual C# .NET is the best resource for getting everything you can out of the new C# language and the .NET Framework. You'll master C# language essentials, quickly taking advantage of the many improvements it offers over C++ and see tons of examples that show you all the ways that .NET can make your programming more efficient and your applications more powerful. You'll learn how to create stand-alone applications, as well as build Windows, web, and database applications. You'll even see how to develop web services—a technology that holds great promise for the future of distributed application.
Coverage includes:
Mastering the fundamentals and advanced aspects of the C# language
Using Visual Studio .NET for increased coding productivity and debugging
Creating distributed applications with remoting and web services
Understanding object-oriented concepts
Delivering data across the Internet with web services
Using XML to communicate with other applications
Accessing databases with ADO.NET
Building Windows applications
Creating web applications using ASP.NET
Reading and writing data from/to files or the Internet
Using advanced data structures to store and manipulate information
Using multi-threading for greater application efficiency
Using reflection to manipulate running code
Building distributed applications with remoting and web services
Securing code and authenticating users
Using built-in encryption facilities
Making your applications world-ready
Parsing strings with regular expressions
Using delegates to handle runtime events
Programming defensively with exception handling
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Too Much, Too Little
This book covers quite a bit of material but not sufficient enough in any area to bring a person to mastery level in Visual C# as it's name implies. The book lacks in three main areas: depth, consistency & challenge. It covers the basics very well for C# console applications but does not cover much of the "visual" aspects of Visual C# as it focuses almost entirely on console applications and the SDK version of the compiler. ie: It shows how to create and use an event for a console application ... Read More
Rating: - Very Easy to Understand
This book is the best programming book i've ever read. The layout and examples are easy for me to understand. It shows short example followed by explainations why such & such should be then shows the fully coded example. For me, i like that especially the explainations which i did not get to understand from other books. I suppose this book is not for veteran programmer because you can just browse throught the Part1 which i think it's for beginners. Overall, it's 5 star.
Rating: - Perhaps the best way to jump to C# if you already know a bit programming.
As the title says, this book may be the best way to jump to C# from another language. I knew a lot of VB6, but I found it slow and cumbersome, so I bought this book. This book quickly shows you how C# works. There no stupid humour or blabbering, it gets straight to the point and teaches you C# step by step.
It has extremely many code samples and it's a bit boring to read, but it's the fastest way to learn C#.
Rating: - The best all-around C# book!!!
As mentioned in the title of my review, this book is without a doubt the best general instruction (how-to) and reference book on Visual C# .NET that I have found anywhere. The topics are very clearly explained, the code snippets are concise enough that you aren't wading through a single project that grows as the chapters progress.
Instead, the author begins with an into to C#, and starts with the basics. I am only half-way through the book and have been very pleased with the content, ... Read More
Rating: - Great Book
Overall, I'd say this a great book for learning C#. Prior to reading the book I had knowledge of C++ fundamentals. For the most part, I didn't have any issues digesting most of the material in the book. Although, I will say that I didn't catch on to Mike Gunderloy's writing style quiete easily. I could tell something was different in the quality of the writing later on in the book and then realized (from the examples) it was Mike's writing. Maybe cause his topics were a bit more advanced. Knowing more ... Read More
- Too Much, Too Little
- Very Easy to Understand
