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Any good C# books for the absolute beginner?
I do have experience with VB, worked with Ms Access
and with SQL Server have some experience with OOP and now I am interested to
make the shift to C#.

Thanks in advance

Richard.
Aug 27 '07 #1
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Richard_AU wrote:
Any good C# books for the absolute beginner?
I do have experience with VB, worked with Ms Access
and with SQL Server have some experience with OOP and now I am interested to
make the shift to C#.
Beginning Visual C# 2005 / Wrox

was one suggestion.

Arne
Aug 27 '07 #2
"Richard_AU " <Ri*****@nospam .comwrote in message
news:I4******** ***********@new s-server.bigpond. net.au...
Any good C# books for the absolute beginner?
I do have experience with VB, worked with Ms Access
and with SQL Server have some experience with OOP and now I am interested
to make the shift to C#.

Thanks in advance

Richard.
Before resorting to paper and ink, do some searching for free tutorials and
e-books, such as these:

http://www.functionx.com/vcsharp/index.htm

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vcsharp/aa336804.aspx

I assume you already know about the free Express editions of Visual Studio
available, correct?

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/express/aa700756.aspx

Aug 27 '07 #3
Pro c# 2004 net 2.0 Apress
Beginners ASp net 2.0 with c# Apress

DaveP

"Richard_AU " <Ri*****@nospam .comwrote in message
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Any good C# books for the absolute beginner?
I do have experience with VB, worked with Ms Access
and with SQL Server have some experience with OOP and now I am interested
to make the shift to C#.

Thanks in advance

Richard.

Aug 27 '07 #4

"Richard_AU " <Ri*****@nospam .comwrote in message
news:I4******** ***********@new s-server.bigpond. net.au...
Any good C# books for the absolute beginner?
I do have experience with VB, worked with Ms Access
and with SQL Server have some experience with OOP and now I am interested
to make the shift to C#.
The link may help you in some way.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/ex.../learningpath/

Aug 27 '07 #5
RT
On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:41:12 GMT, "Richard_AU " <Ri*****@nospam .com>
wrote:
>Any good C# books for the absolute beginner?
I do have experience with VB, worked with Ms Access
and with SQL Server have some experience with OOP and now I am interested to
make the shift to C#.
Richard,

The other books mentioned are very good, each in its own way. But if
you haven't done any C# programming, take a look at Jesse Liberty's
books. I think they present a logical ramp without getting too caught
up in detail or internals. Later, Troelson's books will be very good.
Maybe get a dirt-cheap early version of Troelsen used. It will weigh
about 5 lbs less than the new versions and will be easier to thumb
through.
Aug 27 '07 #6
Theres also Tons of Examples on the internet...if you have some experience
with oop ...then down load code samples and crash and burn.....should not be
too long where u get up to speed in a short time...

good luck
MJ

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On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:41:12 GMT, "Richard_AU " <Ri*****@nospam .com>
wrote:
>>Any good C# books for the absolute beginner?
I do have experience with VB, worked with Ms Access
and with SQL Server have some experience with OOP and now I am interested
to
make the shift to C#.

Richard,

The other books mentioned are very good, each in its own way. But if
you haven't done any C# programming, take a look at Jesse Liberty's
books. I think they present a logical ramp without getting too caught
up in detail or internals. Later, Troelson's books will be very good.
Maybe get a dirt-cheap early version of Troelsen used. It will weigh
about 5 lbs less than the new versions and will be easier to thumb
through.

Aug 28 '07 #7
On 27 Aug, 01:41, "Richard_AU " <Rich...@nospam .comwrote:
Any good C# books for the absolute beginner?
I do have experience with VB, worked with Ms Access
and with SQL Server have some experience with OOP and now I am interested to
make the shift to C#.

Thanks in advance

Richard.
This book gets top marks from me: "Beginning C# Objects: From Concepts
to Code" by Jacquie Barker and Grant Palmer. It is 3 years old now so
there is no C#2005 edition! So why am I recommending it? - because it
is an excellent book. It is all about C# objects which will be the
difficult bit for you unless you've previously used an OO programming
language. They do go over the basic syntax (keywords, sequence,
selection and iteration) but most of the book dwells on C# objects and
it is a great introduction to OOAD using UML via a small case study.
Most introductory C# books don't do OOAD very well (most just don't
cover it or they treat it in a derisory fashion) - which is why I am
recommending this book to you. http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=293
Aug 28 '07 #8

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