Book on C# for C++ developers...

[DeanB]

Hello all,

I'm looking for a decent book that introduces C# to a (reasonably
experienced) C++ developer. Prefer compiler-independent, though I will
be using MS compilers for the most part. (Prefer concise and to the
point, not a Stroustrup equivalent!)

Thanks for any tips!

Dean

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?=]

DeanB wrote:

I'm looking for a decent book that introduces C# to a (reasonably
experienced) C++ developer. Prefer compiler-independent, though I will
be using MS compilers for the most part. (Prefer concise and to the
point, not a Stroustrup equivalent!)

"Professional C#" from Wrox maybe.

Arne

[Peter Webb]

"Arne Vajhøj" <ar**@vajhoej.dkwrote in message
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DeanB wrote:

>I'm looking for a decent book that introduces C# to a (reasonably
experienced) C++ developer. Prefer compiler-independent, though I will
be using MS compilers for the most part. (Prefer concise and to the
point, not a Stroustrup equivalent!)

"Professional C#" from Wrox maybe.

Arne

That's the one I'm using, and is designed for exactly this purpose. It
discusses C# features with comparison to C++ and Java equivalents. The VS
help system is also very well set up for helping people move from C++, Java
or VB, as all the .NET examples are given in all four languages, so you can
easily see what maps to what.

[Mark Stevens]

On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:30:48 -0800 (PST), DeanB
<de*********@yahoo.comwrote:

>I'm looking for a decent book that introduces C# to a (reasonably
experienced) C++ developer. Prefer compiler-independent, though I will
be using MS compilers for the most part. (Prefer concise and to the
point, not a Stroustrup equivalent!)

I'm currently working my way through C# 3.0 In a Nutshell. It's not a
bad book and is quick to reach the point.

When I first started using C# I read Programming C# (O'Reilly). That
covered all of the language but is a little verbose.

The C# Programming Language is comprehensive but I have only seen
copies covering version 2 of the language. This can be a little
difficult to read in places.

Hope this helps,
Mark
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[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

DeanB <de*********@yahoo.comwrote:

I'm looking for a decent book that introduces C# to a (reasonably
experienced) C++ developer. Prefer compiler-independent, though I will
be using MS compilers for the most part. (Prefer concise and to the
point, not a Stroustrup equivalent!)

One thing to note alongside the recommendations is that there's *very*
little in C# which is "compiler dependent" - the specification is
pretty clear on most things, leaving relatively little up to the
compiler, in terms of observable differences. (Some of the features of
C# 2 and 3 leave quite a lot of flexibility, but usually in a way which
can't be easily noticed.)

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[Ben Voigt [C++ MVP]]

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Hello all,

I'm looking for a decent book that introduces C# to a (reasonably
experienced) C++ developer. Prefer compiler-independent, though I will
be using MS compilers for the most part. (Prefer concise and to the
point, not a Stroustrup equivalent!)

Thanks for any tips!

Try this: http://www.charlespetzold.com/dotnet/index.html

>
Dean

[DeanB]

On Dec 27, 4:07*pm, "Ben Voigt [C++ MVP]" <[e-mail]:

"DeanB" <[e-mail] in message

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Hello all,

I'm looking for a decent book that introduces C# to a (reasonably
experienced) C++ developer. Prefer compiler-independent, though I will
be using MS compilers for the most part. (Prefer concise and to the
point, not a Stroustrup equivalent!)

Thanks for any tips!

Try this:http://www.charlespetzold.com/dotnet/index.html

Dean- Hide quoted text -

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Thanks all - and Ben that was precisely what I was after. I will pick
up some of the other recommendations too.

-Dean