Recommend Good books and the C# 3.0, 3.5 Difference

[Guhanath]

Hi Everyone,

I am planning to buy C# book. I am bit confused whether to go for C# 3.0
book or C# 3.5 book. Please suggest me some good books on both.

Is there any major difference between c# 3.0 and 3.5?

 

[Roger Frost]

Hi Everyone,

I am planning to buy C# book. I am bit confused whether to go for C# 3.0
book or C# 3.5 book. Please suggest me some good books on both.

Is there any major difference between c# 3.0 and 3.5?

I did some research last week because I was looking for one myself,
according to reviews the book:

Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform, Fourth Edition by Andrew Troelsen

is the best choice, so I ordered it.

After It arrives (about the 26th) I will post my opinion.

Here is the Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/Pro-2008-NET-Platform-Fourth/dp/1590598849

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

I am planning to buy C# book. I am bit confused whether to go for C# 3.0
book or C# 3.5 book. Please suggest me some good books on both.

Is there any major difference between c# 3.0 and 3.5?

There's no such thing as C# 3.5. There's C# 3.0, which comes with .NET
3.5.

The "best book" will depend entirely on what you're after. My book
(http://manning.com/skeet) is a detailed book about C# 2 and C# 3, but
it would be useless to a newcomer. On the other hand, if you already
know C# 1 then you may not want a book which could spend a few hundred
pages telling you things you already know.

 

[Marc Gravell]

Pedant mode:
There is no C# 3.5; I assume you mean .NET 3.0 and .NET 3.5; unfortunately
the terms are as confusing as they are important - for instance, a book
focusing on C# 3 is very different to a book focusing on .NET 3.0.

As for recommendations - it really depends on what you are after. .NET 3.0
mainly comprises WPF (new UI layer), WCF (new comms layer) and WF (new
workflow layer); .NET 3.5 mainly introduces LINQ; there are also some
ASP.NET 3.5 extensions.

I wouldn't buy a ".NET 3.0" book for example; I'd buy one that focuses on a
specific area of need (just WCF, etc).

Marc