huntercobrax
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what are some good .NET books?
.NET books
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PWNettle
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Im fond of books by Wrox Press, but as with all programming books you have to avoid getting books that repeat the basics that you already know for half the book, which seems to be trend with .Net-oriented books. Two good ones I have:
Professional C#, 2nd Edition (I think they have a 3rd ed now)
Professional ASP.Net
Im about to crack:
Windows Forms Programming in C#, by Chris Sells
which gets really good reviews and involves some more advanced windows topics like graphics and drawing custom controls. Im more of a web dev so a lot of that is fun stuff for me to dink with.
Then theres this thread from the knowledge base here with some ideas and this thread which is more VB.Net oriented from this forums sister site.
Lastly, you can always search amazon with the right .Net keywords and check out reviews there - or search the internet in general (google or whatever) for the same.
In general for books Id suggest seeking books on specific topics unless you are specifically seeking a general reference or book with the basics. Id also suggest looking for books pertaining to your language of choice. A lot of .Net books give examples in random .Net languages. I prefer books that deal with C# only (even if I can read VB.Net just fine).
Books are nice to have but keep in mind that the internet itself has a wealth of information available. I tend to mix MSDN with google to find anything I want and I think this and the sister forum usually present more interesting (and practical) coding challenges and solutions than most books ever will.
Paul
Professional C#, 2nd Edition (I think they have a 3rd ed now)
Professional ASP.Net
Im about to crack:
Windows Forms Programming in C#, by Chris Sells
which gets really good reviews and involves some more advanced windows topics like graphics and drawing custom controls. Im more of a web dev so a lot of that is fun stuff for me to dink with.
Then theres this thread from the knowledge base here with some ideas and this thread which is more VB.Net oriented from this forums sister site.
Lastly, you can always search amazon with the right .Net keywords and check out reviews there - or search the internet in general (google or whatever) for the same.
In general for books Id suggest seeking books on specific topics unless you are specifically seeking a general reference or book with the basics. Id also suggest looking for books pertaining to your language of choice. A lot of .Net books give examples in random .Net languages. I prefer books that deal with C# only (even if I can read VB.Net just fine).
Books are nice to have but keep in mind that the internet itself has a wealth of information available. I tend to mix MSDN with google to find anything I want and I think this and the sister forum usually present more interesting (and practical) coding challenges and solutions than most books ever will.
Paul
Joe Mamma
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I love the oreilly books.
Get Programming .Net Components by L
Get Programming .Net Components by L
PlausiblyDamp
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Once you get a bit more familiar with the .Net framework and need to know a bit more that is going on behind the scenes and why some of the decisions where made I would recomend
Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming
Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming
The ones mentioned so far are excellent in my opinion as I have some of them and others I have put on my wish list to eventually buy and read.huntercobrax said:
One book that I am very happy with is MCAD/MCSD Developing And Implementing Web Applications With Visual C#
I am still fairly in the early parts of the book, but I like the authors method for explaining the material, the hands on excercises, and the questions that are included in each chapter. I am just getting started working on my MCAD certification and I thought Id take the plunge with this one first. I am excited and learning all sorts of great things about .NET at this time
wyrd
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Can you be more specific as to what type of books youre looking for? General .NET framework stuff? Language specific? Windows programming?
Ill toss a C# specific book out there for you;
The C# Programming Language (written by the people who created it)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...98693/sr=ka-1/ref=pd_ka_1/103-7352565-6943020
Ill toss a C# specific book out there for you;
The C# Programming Language (written by the people who created it)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...98693/sr=ka-1/ref=pd_ka_1/103-7352565-6943020
JRichmond
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I really like Wrox books too. The one Ive been using recently is ADO.NET Programmers Reference.PWNettle said:
I also use the Beginning and Advanced ASP.NET with VB.NET books.
JRichmond
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Its not .NET, but the book I use the most is the SQL Server 2000 Bible by Nielsen. Its a great book for learning or reference.
neodammer
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I find better prices with Ebooks than with solid copies. I just print it out in draft mode saves ink and alot of money 
Sometimes (for me) the draft mode looks like crud and nothing is worse than doing them single sided (what a waste of paper!) except doing them doublesided and having an error half way through and the pages start printing on the wrong back!!neodammer said:I find better prices with Ebooks than with solid copies. I just print it out in draft mode saves ink and alot of money
Not many places sell computer/tech oriented ebooks. I found one - safari something and it had an awful selection in what I was looking for.
Most the ebooks are pirated and illegal