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Summary: I highly recommend this book
Review: I liked this book because it is the only one I've found that covers advanced material like security in .NET. This book is also great because it can be used by both beginners and advanced programmers, and that's very rare in most books written today.I bought several books on C# including the O'Reilly and Wrox books, and decided to keep this Sybex book as it was the best of the bunch. This book is even better than the Microsoft Press books on C#!
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Summary: My favorite of the 3 c# books I have
Review: I read these reviews to decide on my books, but I also spend time reading each book a bit in the book store before my purchases. As a new c# programmer that had little OO exprience I thought this book was excellent. The OO chapter did an excellent job explaining the concepts. The Interface chapter made this topic simple while my other books just confused me. The examples are a bit simple but they teach the concepts very well and there are more complex topics as you progress. I thought this was an excellent beginner and intermediate book, and believe me I am very particular, I spend a lot of time selecting books.
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Summary: Simply the best
Review: I read through this book at the local bookstore and then bought it online. I agree with the other reviewers: this book is simply the best one around. There are so many books on C# now, but a few really shine as being great. This book is one of them. I liked this book because it can be used as both a user guide to learn C# _and_ as a reference book to C# and .NET. No other book even comes close to that goal, and the authors have done a really great job. Another great thing about this book is that it can be used by beginners and advanced users, so if you don't know C# you can learn everything you need from this book. Even if you don't know programming, this book is written in a style that you can understand - all without talking down to the reader. There are also topics covered in this book not covered in any other book - such as security and other advanced topics.
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Summary: Best C# book
Review: I spent a lot of time at the bookstore reading through the many C# books now available, and this book is by far the best one. It teaches you everything you need to know to go from complete beginner to expert in both C# and .NET programming. It also covers how to use the Visual Studio .NET tool. I liked the no-nonsense and tightly focused style of the text. The two authors really know C# and .NET inside out, and it shows in this book.
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Summary: Great for novices and experts
Review: I'm a newby to C# programming and I was able to learn C# in 2 weeks with this book. I disagree with some other reviewers comments that this book isn't suitable for newbies. The thing I really liked about this book is that it covers the C# langauge as well as .NET in a wider context. I have other C# books (the O'Reilly and Wrox books), and this one is the one I actually use.
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Summary: Unquestionably a good first C# book
Review: If you are familiar with OOP/C++/Java and want to pick up main C# concepts in a hurry, get this book. Although I did read Tom Archer's "Inside C#" before this one, and some tutorials on the net, I think this book deserves to be the first C# book for a beginner or an intermediate programmer. It has a decent aggregation & coherent explanantions of all the major C# topics and uses Visual Studio.NET IDE in its examples (which I think is really important for a C# book). One minor drawback is that some important topics(like Web Services and .NET Remoting) are given just a cursory treatment. But I guess, such vast topics merit devoted books just for those. Beware however, I came across 2 critical bugs - Ch 12, first page it says method signature is composed of method name,return type and parameter list (actually its just the parameter list and method name) and on page 794, chapter on ADO.NET it says to use Fill method on DataSet object to synchronize changes made to the DataSet with Database(in reality you should use Update method). It even gives an introduction to ASP.NET and ADO.NET but you have to look for other sources to learn those technologies well.
Overall, its a good book to invest your money and time in.
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Summary: The only book on C# worth buying
Review: If you buy only one book on C#, this is the one to buy. It covers all aspects of the C# langauage and teaches you how to write Windows programs, and use ASP.NET and ADO.NET. Forget the Wrox and O'Reilly books - this is the one to get.
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Summary: Deserves 6 stars!
Review: No question this is the best book on C# out there. Section 1 teaches the core C# language. Section 2 teaches advanced C# programming. Section 3 teaches .NET programming, like ASP.NET and ADO.NET. This is really great value for money and I use this book on a daily basis. I have other C# books, but this one is the only one actually use.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: Overall, I'd say this a great book for learning C#. Prior to reading the book I had knowledge of C++ fundamentals. For the most part, I didn't have any issues digesting most of the material in the book. Although, I will say that I didn't catch on to Mike Gunderloy's writing style quiete easily. I could tell something was different in the quality of the writing later on in the book and then realized (from the examples) it was Mike's writing. Maybe cause his topics were a bit more advanced. Knowing more now, I look back at it all and say its a good book to learn from scratch and a useful reference later on.
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Summary: One of the two C# books you will ever need.
Review: Seriously, this book rocks. Every section is written in an intelligent way. Good relevant examples. Things are explained thoroughly and in a straight forward manner. There is always an explanation to let you understand the most efficient scenario for the method being explained. The index is very usable. It also reads well. When you look one thing up, it flows so well that you find yourself reading the next section. I am an experienced VB.net programmer. I started learning C# last month. If you are crossing over to C# I recommend starting with; C# & VB.NET Conversion Pocket Reference by Jose Mojica The "Pocket Reference" is a bad reference, but it is short enough to read straight through. After you are aware of some of the differences between the languages, this book (Mastering Visual C#) is all you will ever need. This is also a good book for those who are new to programming because the first few chapters are very basic. I wish I had a book this good when I was learning VB.net!
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