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Message from Dean - May 8th 2007
I am currently testing out a new version of the APF Bridge Component - If you notice any errors within this demo store please drop me a line.
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Andrew Troelsen is an excellent author and knows how to explain things. The book covers in a detailed way the phylosophy of .net and the C# programming language. This is it's strength.
On the other hand, I do think that the later chapters are misguided. We have a chapter about .net remoting, another one on Windows forms, and then a short introduction to the .NET 3.0 stuff like WPF, WF and WCF. Well, I bought the book for the 3.0 material. Why didn't they call the book:
"Pro C# 3.0 with short intro to .NET 3.0"?
Best regards,
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Clear and well presented book. Easy to read and seemingly covers most aspects. Experienced programmer but starting first C#.NET project and certainly best book I have purchased on this subject
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I have 4 books about .Net framework 2.0 and I even have a book about Windows Workflow Foundation, so I bought this book "judged by the cover" and title "Pro C# with .NET 3.0"
The truth is that only 17 percent of the book (194 pages of 1151) is concerning 3.0.
That's not good enough.
The reason for the 3 stars, is that the book is a very well written 2.0 book, but buy it only for that, and wait for the framework 3.5 books, with an greater insight the new technologies, to come.
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Many of us IT professionals by these thick books for use as reference, without intending to work our way from cover to cover. As I read this book, it became clear I needed to read the entire volume. It is well-written, and stays on track and focused. I have learned many useful things that I will be able to use in my daily tasks.
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A very thorough book, true to its title. The emphasis is on understanding better how .NET 3.0 brings some really cool paradigms to C#. It is important to distinguish such a book from one that may explain how .NET 3.0 is a major step forward, since as a C# developer, the advice contained in this book is far more relevant than a general discourse on .NET 3.0. If you are a honest-to-goodness C# developer and are interested in using significant new innovations in the language to be a better one, this is just the right book for you. The most impressive part is the ample use of IL snippets to explain core .NET concepts. Seeing through the veil of syntactic sugar is perhaps the best way to learn and understand a language. It is also worth mentioning that there is still a lot to be learned about .NET through the eyes of C#.
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