Good book for learning C# in depth.

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User1726813030 posted

Hi all,

I am new to .NET development. I did some c++ before and I am good with object oriented concepts. But when I am doing C# coding as part of the development, I feel that I am missing some of the concepts and terms. Can any body suggest me good book to learn C# concepts? I have gone through some pages online but I want to read a book and keep it for reference.

Thanks,

sreethi

Answer 1

User281315223 posted

I'll throw out a few specific discussions and individual sugestions that can hopefully point you in the right direction.

Books-Related Discussions

• Good C# Learning Books
• Best Book to Learn C#

Specific Recommendations (Many of these are considered Advanced)

• CLR via C#
• C# in Depth
• Pro C# and the .NET 4.5 Framework
• C# 5.0 in a Nutshell : The Definitive Reference

If you don't want to limit yourself solely to book or paper-based resources, I would recommend checking out some of the following additional resources : 

• MSDN has an excellent C# Resources area dedicated to covering a variety of topics from beginner to advanced.
• Microsoft Events features a variety of webcasts and virtual labs to help you get a more "hands-on" or classroom style learning experience. There are tons of topics here as well, not limited just to C# or .NET in general.
• Channel 9's Series on C# Fundamentals for Beginners, which is a series of webcast tutorials specifically geared for beginners and those that are new to the language.
• The "Get Started" area of this site (ASP.Net) has a variety of tutorials, walkthroughs and explanations of many of the technologies within the realm of .NET (again not limited to just C#)
• Noah Coad, a Microsoft MVP compiled a large list of resources focused on learning C# in a blog post available here, which lists books, online resources, blogs, forums, newsgroups and much more. (Older post but still relevant)
• PluralSight is a site geared specifically for developer training and features an extensive collection of online courses on C# as well as just about any other software-development related topic you could imagine.

Answer 2

User1726813030 posted

Thanks for all the information. I will try to go through some of these if not all :)

Answer 3

User-444126622 posted

hi sreethi !

I think that rion has given a very good reply to this question.but i would like to add one more book to it.

wrox Beginning c# is a really good book which helped me a lot and also you can find the ebook version of it.

if  you are good with OOP Basics then you can skip first few Chapters.

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