What are the three best book to learn c#

Question

User1991909180 posted

I want to learn to C# but I do not know which book to pick. Some people recommend Head First C#, but i do not like the book. Have anyone learn C# from one of this books:

Illustrated C# 2010

Murach's C# 2010

C# 2010 for Programmer - Dietel

Microsoft Visual C# 2010 Step by Step

Introducing Visual C# 2010

Thanks

Answer 1

User-2067077449 posted

http://forums.asp.net/t/1611468.aspx/1?What+is+the+best+book+for+c+

Answer 2

User-608283337 posted

if you really want to understand the C# language, buy Programming C# by Jesse Liberty.  below is the link. it will introduce you to the newer version (4.0) of C# and will help you with OOP concepts. The old version (2.0) of the same author is good as well (if you are still using visual studio 2005)

 

http://www.amazon.com/Programming-4-0-Building-Applications-Framework/dp/0596159838/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1314127187&sr=1-1

Answer 3

User1991909180 posted

Thanks Bikram Saluja. I stared reading the book and its really good. The book also privided a lot of example that can be download from the book website.

Answer 4

User-608283337 posted

 

I am glad you liked the book. Happy Coding :-)

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Answer 5

User-434868552 posted

For me, the best book to start learning c# is http://www.amazon.ca/Inside-C-Second-Tom-Archer/dp/0735616485

"Inside C#", Second Edition, by Tom Archer and Andrew Whitechapel, Paperback: 600 pages
Publisher: Microsoft Press; 2nd ed. edition (April 1 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0735616485 ISBN-13: 978-0735616486

I have not seen the second edition but I used Amazon's "Look Inside" feature and it appears very similar to the first edition.  Tom Archer wrote the orginal without Andrew Whitechapel.  I'm guessing that this is a minor revision.

The reason that "Inside C#" is such a great book is the way that Tom Archer explaiins c# ... you do not even use an IDE like Visual Studio.  Tom Archer has you use a text editor like notepad and the c# command line compiler.  Later, when you're using Visual Studio you'll have a better understanding of what Visual Studio does when it's building your c# applications.

You also likely want to get the very useful free tool LINQPad.  Read about it here:  http://www.linqpad.net/.  LINQPad gives you the ability to try out c# statements and expressions, et cetera.  Think of LINQPad as a programmer's scratch pad.

The reason to read "Inside C#" is to get started ... you'll later need to learn new features that have been introduced with later versions of  c#.

I also recommend Charles Petzold's has a free book:
http://www.charlespetzold.com/dotnet/index.html
     http://www.charlespetzold.com/dotnet/DotNetBookZero11.pdf  
        ".NET Book Zero
           What the C or C++ Programmer Needs to Know
                about C# and the .NET Framework"

Petzold's book is also older but you will likely still find it quite useful.

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