Rating:  - The problem with books with so many authors
The problem with books with so many authors is that just when you get a feel for an author's style, it changes completely. That problem is further compounded when the quality of the authors is so vastly different. The first few chapters of this book are actually quite good. But whichever one of these authors wrote the sections on the GUI needs to be publicly flogged, and so does the editor for allowing this dreadfully sub-par writing to mar the rest of an otherwise decent book. I pray to the gods of programming that no one who reads this book is a true beginner still learning programming theory, for these middle chapters are a painful exercise in bad and inconsistent naming conventions (what a double whammy, picking bad naming conventions, then failing to stick to them), poorly written code, and a total lack of code reuse when the first part of the book went out of its way to trumpet code reuse as one of the best parts of OOP. If you just need help adjusting to the syntax of C#, but are otherwise accomplished as a programmer, this book gets the job done. But it is painful to work through some of the exercises, and in no way whatsoever should these code samples be mistaken for examples of good programming practices.
Rating:  - I give this book 6 stars
I wish I could give this book 6 stars. This is one of the best computer books I have ever read. I just fished reading this book and am still wondering how a 500 pages book can contain such a rich contents, from starting Visual Studio.NET to .NET Framework, from data types to OOP. I like the way the book is organized. It uses several real-world examples to illustrate C# and OOP. It's easy to read and gives readers quite deep understanding of C# and OOP.
I thank the authors and editors for giving us such a wonderful book.
Wrox's supports are good. I am surprised to receive answers to my question regarding event handler from Technical Support Analyst Rowena Perks and Support Editor Mike Foster in just two days. Thanks.
Rating: - I give this book 6 stars
I wish I could give this book 6 stars. This is one of the best computer books I have ever read. I just fished reading this book and am still wondering how a 500 pages book can contain such a rich contents, from starting Visual Studio.NET to .NET Framework, from data types to OOP. I like the way the book is organized. It uses several real-world examples to illustrate C# and OOP. It's easy to read and gives readers quite deep understanding of C# and OOP.
I thank the authors and editors for giving us such a wonderful book.
Wrox's supports are good. I am surprised to receive answers to my question regarding event handler from Technical Support Analyst Rowena Perks and Support Editor Mike Foster in just two days. Thanks.
Rating: - Great to start
This book is a great start for VB6 programmers who have decided to shift to C#. It's not easy but this books covers deeply all differences between the 2 languages. I recommend this book before for experienced VB 6 programmers and then you can buy Professional C# once you master the syntax differences.
Rating: - Visual C# .NET: A Guide for VB6 Developers
This is one of the most realistic and helpful programming books I've ever had the pleasure to read. If there were more publications like this one that actually focused on the tasks a programmer needs in their day-to-day work, then people would be more prone to read the theoretical books that flood the market (they'd have the time to, since their projects would be in on schedule!) Great stuff, well written, with TONS of code you'll use every day.
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