Book to begin with?

[Marty]

Hi,

I want to make the move to C#.NET, I am an experienced developer and I
my principal language is VB.NET. I have academic experience with C/C++
and Java but for the last 3 years, it is mainly VB6/VB.NET.

I want to learn the transition to C# with a book. I tried to make a C#
project but I stuck on things like thread syntax, handlers (which are
delegates in C# and other basic things that involve the syntax and
special character such as "__", so there is lot of little details that
that make me loose time).

I need a book reference that is not too basic, but that could help me to
find those things that stop me.

Do you have any book reference to suggest ?

I appreciate a lot, thank you!
Marty

 

[Guest]

I have a couple I like, but my favorite without a doubt is "C# and the .NET
Platform" by Andrew Troelsen.

 

[Carlos J. Quintero [.NET MVP]]

Hi Marty,

With the same background than you, this book helped me with C#

Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming
by Jeffrey Richter

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0735614229/002-3466325-9040812?v=glance

Notice that it is not a book about C#, but about .NET Framework Programming,
but it uses C# for the samples, so you learn both things at the same time
and it explains things really well.

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Best regards,

Carlos J. Quintero

MZ-Tools: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio .NET, VB6, VB5 and VBA
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[Marty]

Hi Carlos,

This book sound pretty interesting. Does it cover the error handling,
multithreads, events handling, sockets ?

Thanks,
Marty

 

[Carlos J. Quintero [.NET MVP]]

Hi Carlos,

This book sound pretty interesting. Does it cover

the error handling,

Yes, the best explanation about how to deal with exceptions that I have
seen.

events handling
Yes

multithreads,

Not that I recall

sockets

No, for this one I recommend "C# Network Programming"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782141765/002-3466325-9040812?v=glance

You have the detailed Table of Contents here:

http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/toc/5353.asp#TableOfContents

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Best regards,

Carlos J. Quintero

MZ-Tools: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio .NET, VB6, VB5 and VBA
You can code, design and document much faster.
Free resources for add-in developers:
http://www.mztools.com

 

[Marty]

Thank you Craig,
I'll have a look at this book!
Marty

 

[Marty]

Thank you Carlos,
Those two books fills a lot of content.

Have a nice day!
Marty