Matthew Whiskeyman said
I am giving this book 5 stars because I found it great for a beginner with absolutely no knowledge or familiarity with Visual Studio who would like to get "jump-started". I had already been about 4 chapters into Andrew Troelson's book about C# and found it to have great information, but difficult to digest. I had to put the book down frequently due to overload.
I realized that I had already learned most of the information contained in Murach's book already (even though I had only reached chapter 4!).
I would not recommend this for someone with intermediate or advanced knowledge of C# but I love the format and how the author clearly explains each scenario and then shows step-by-step information on each opposing page.
I hope this helps a prospective buyer.
J. C. Bernardo said
It's actually a well written book. It's easy to use, very easy to read and quite easy to understand. I dont even bother listening in class anymore because all I need is this book.
Charles K. Yao said
I've been programming C for 21 years, and it's easy to get started on C# .NET form application using the book.
Winston Kodogo said
I really love this book. I'm an experienced C & C++ programmer who needed to get up to speed with C# asap for a new project, found that "C# 3.0 in a Nutshell", while a great book, somehow didn't fit the bill, and then lucked on this book. My biggest problems were of the type, "How do I do this in C#" - eg format a number or a date, read or write a text file, and so on. The Murach book was just the ticket - easy and quick to read, and got me started. It's not comprehensive - eg doesn't cover all collections such as Dictionary, doesn't cover threads, network programming, serialization, and so on, but for giving you a kick start I can't imagine anything better.
It almost certainly won't be the only C# book you'll need, but it gives you the knowledge you need to find your way around the others. As I said, "C# 3.0 in a Nutshell" is also a great book, and the one I use as my main reference nowadays, but for me at least it was hard to learn from - eg Chapter 13 on streams and I/O starts with an abstract description of the stream architecture, whereas Chapter 21 of Murach just tells you how to do what you want. Once you know that, you can go back to the O'Reilly book to fill in the gaps.
Great book!!!
Aertle said
After finishing 2 different C++ books, I am moving to C#. I really enjoy the way that he has laid out this book. Having an understanding of the programming structure (from C++) helps, so I can't rate this as a "beginner" might. Quick, easy read, and with the downloads from his web site, you should never be starting from scratch.
Would Highly Recommend.
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