Rating:  - Experienced programmers get up to speed fast!
I am an experienced VB programmer and have been using VB/Visual Studio for the last five years. I have dabbled with C# but recently decided I needed to get up to speed and bought this book based on some of the reviews I read here. I started with Chapter 1 and over the course of about two months went through each chapter through the end of the book in 30 minute or one hour sessions in my spare time.
When I finished the book I decided to create an interactive website from scratch and was able to do it in only a little more time than it would have taken me in VB. Most of the extra time was spent referring to the book in order to fully understand some concepts and syntactical differences.
The time was well spent! I feel comfortable with programming C# routine solutions and now use this volume as a reference. I realize that I may need to spend a little more research time should I need to develop solutions to more complex problems.
I like Jesse's style. He presents the material in a very straightforward, intuitive manner and provides excellent examples.
I highly recommend this book if you're an experienced programmer and are looking to get up to speed and productive with C# in a hurry.
Rating:  - Must Have
If you are anything but a guru in C# you need this book. I've used this book more than any other book in the last 3 years of learning and writing C# code.
Rating:  - Okay book on C#, but just...
Seems to be an okay introduction to C#, but doesn't measure up to the gold standard of computer language books; C&R (The C Programming Language). On the plus side I believe the Author is correct in initially using console applications so the reader can concentrate on the language.
However the author seems to be writing for a rather junior audience, for example the preface actually contains "It is wicked cool." This style of writing gets tired pretty quickly.
Furthermore the initial descriptions of the ICloneable interface is confusing and nearly worthless. For example a note for C++ programmers on page 78 states that "C# doesn't have a copy constructor..." but the following section on the ICloneable Interface states that deep copy should be implemented by "...calling the copy constructor..." Huh?
Experienced programming professionals should look elsewhere, perhaps the "C# Programming Language" by Heilsberg, Wilamuth & Golde.
Rating: - The best C# book available
I've read many C# books, and this one is clearly the best. Look no further. His examples and explanations are carefully crafted so that learning C# is simple and clear.
Rating: - For learning, for reference...
As both a volume with which to learn C#, as well as one to use for reference, this book is excellent.
It starts by teaching some of the most important fundamentals of the language: the actual structure and methodology of object oriented programming -- before going into things like windows forms and the like.
Overall though, a fantastic book.
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