Sams Teach Yourself Visual C# 2005 in 24 Hours, Complete Starter Kit (Sams Teach Yourself)

by James Foxall

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Looking to break into C# programming? Sams Teach Yourself Visual C# 2005 in 24 Hours, Complete Starter Kit is a valuable resource. You will start by learning the basics of the Visual C# environment and begin to build working programs very quickly. As the programs become more complex, you will discover more of the advanced features of the C# programming language and the Visual C# tool.

Set with the practical goal of providing you with a solid foundation from which to grow and develop your C# programming skills, this book is perfect for use in a professional setting or for use with personal projects. The accompanying CD includes Visual C# 2005 Express Edition, a streamlined, easy-to-use development tool that makes Windows programming with C# fun. Jump in with both feet with the help of Sams Teach Yourself Visual C# 2005 in 24 Hours, Complete Starter Kit.

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Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars

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4 out of 5 stars

Good for programming beginners, 2008-11-10
I guess this book does what it intends to do, teach you C# in 24 1-hour lessons. But I would recommend it only for programming beginners.

If you know a lot of other languages as I did, reading about FOR loops and arithmetic operators doesn't offer anything. There are several errors, but these may have been fixed in the newer edition.

The C# coding techniques are great. But I will now have to look for a more advanced C# programming book.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3 out of 5 stars

Online version not worth $$, 2008-02-05
This book available in Online Reader form. I don't reccomend it. The viewer gets stuck, skips pages (requires restaring the browser) and even submitting a bug report generates a response from Amazon that "There is an error...".

Biggest problem with this book is the online reader lets you zoom in only 1 time which makes reading the example code impossible.

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:

4 out of 5 stars

Great book for beginners, 2007-09-15
Very good book to get started with VC#
The book was a little to slow in the first 2 parts

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2 out of 5 stars

Dissapointment, 2007-08-18
This product did not deliver after all the good reviews I read on amazon. The book is clearly translated from the visual basic equivalent, as a result certain exercises have hints that are putting you on the wrong foot and dont make any sense at all. The book left me with alot of questions especially on the syntax of the language, and frustrated me with its lack of providing insight on what I was doing.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5 out of 5 stars

Great way to jump into C#, 2007-06-08
I have been programming for a very long time with a lot of VB6 experience. Before that I came from VB3, Delphi 1 and Clipper. I didn't need the programming aspect, I just needed to get acquainted with the C# syntax and the VS2005 IDE.

This book is well organized and easy to follow. It delves deep enough into each main area far enough to show you what to do and where to look for more information. Being a guitar player myself, I also enjoyed the fact that there were guitars, amps and pedals used as .jpg examples!

No complaints here!

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