Rating:  - A lot of staff and a little of substance
This book covers a lot of topics from how to create a rectangle to custom controls to XML and resources. I primarily bought this book to understand how to manipulate windows user interface on the control level. Unfortunately book doesn't provide enough information about exposed methods of controls and doesn't tell you how to override their behavior. The examples given in the book are very short and do not allow you to see the full workings of the class or method being described.
This book has a lot of 5 star reviews. This was the reason why I bought it, so may be there is something there for you, but I'm talking it back to amazon and hope to get something better for my purpose.
Rating:  - WinForm Soup to Nuts
I have purchased several WinForm books but this is the one I use most. Chris does a great job covering the basics while at the same time providing a great deal of advanced material.
Every topic covered is provided with code examples which makes it very easy to understand AND apply.
The only thing missing from the book is a complete sample application that draws everything together. But to be fair the book covers so much material such a sample application would probably be beyond the scope of the book.
If you are trying to decide on a winform book I highly recommend this book. Rest assured this book will help you get to the essence of .net winforms!
Even if you don't get the book, do some searches on Chris and you'll come up with a lot of great .net stuff!
Rating: - Best technical book ever written
This book is one of the finest technical books written. I'm not just saying that.?I've read about half of it, and I can't tell you how many times I read something and thought "how would I use that" or "when would I use that feature/overload/option?" and found a clear example in the next sentence or paragraph explaining the differences or usefulness of that feature.
This book is in the Addison-Wesley .NET series, so it doesn't cover .NET from-the-ground-up, instead it explains every nook and cranny of Windows Forms applications. It is so packed with info that if you open the book to the middle, you realize that if the book were just half its length, it would cover a huge amount of information.
I learned as a technical writer in a seminar that by writing concisely and using whitespace and simple, effective illustrations, a writer should make it as easy for the reader to extract the information off the page as "pancakes coming off a hot griddle."? The reader shouldn't have to scrape with a spatula to get the point. I told a friend talking about this Winforms book that you can learn a lot just by looking at the illustrations while flipping through the pages. A hot griddle indeed.
To build Windows Forms applications with all the features of leading commercial software, you need this book.
The reason I gave it 5 stars out of 5? Because 6 stars was not offered me as a choice.
Rating: - Excellent for programming professionals new to C#
This is one of those rare books you'd treasure long after you have finished reading it. Chris Sells' writing style makes it easy to read and follow. His examples are concise and to the point and makes C# look simple and elegant. After reading the first few chapters I was very excited and I couldn't wait to get started on a project. Highly recommended.
Rating: - Additional Kudos for This Book
I've said good things about this book before, but I have to do it again. Just yesterday, I needed some help with doing a custom control. I pulled out WinForm Programming in C# and was able to practically open the book to the information I needed.
Within fifteen minutes, I was able to accomplish my goal by following the simple example given in the book. To put my feelings into words:
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This is the book to start with!
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