PWNettle Posted July 23, 2004 Posted July 23, 2004 I'm 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 I'm 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. I'm more of a web dev so a lot of that is fun stuff for me to dink with. Then there's this thread from the knowledge base here with some ideas and this thread which is more VB.Net oriented from this forum's 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 I'd suggest seeking books on specific topics unless you are specifically seeking a general reference or book with the basics. I'd 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 Quote
Joe Mamma Posted July 23, 2004 Posted July 23, 2004 I love the o'reilly books. Get Programming .Net Components by Löwy. Buy a copy for yourself, buy one for a friend. Quote Joe Mamma Amendment 4: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. Amendment 9: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Administrators PlausiblyDamp Posted July 23, 2004 Administrators Posted July 23, 2004 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 Quote Posting Guidelines FAQ Post Formatting Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them. -- Albert Einstein
irasmith Posted July 31, 2004 Posted July 31, 2004 what are some good .NET books? 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. 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 I'd take the plunge with this one first. I am excited and learning all sorts of great things about .NET at this time :) Quote Ira Richard Smith IraRichardSmith.Net
wyrd Posted August 1, 2004 Posted August 1, 2004 Can you be more specific as to what type of books you're looking for? General .NET framework stuff? Language specific? Windows programming? I'll 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/ASIN/0321154916/qid=1091398693/sr=ka-1/ref=pd_ka_1/103-7352565-6943020 Quote Gamer extraordinaire. Programmer wannabe.
JRichmond Posted August 3, 2004 Posted August 3, 2004 I'm fond of books by Wrox Press... I really like Wrox books too. The one I've been using recently is ADO.NET Programmer's Reference. I also use the Beginning and Advanced ASP.NET with VB.NET books. Quote
JRichmond Posted August 3, 2004 Posted August 3, 2004 It's not .NET, but the book I use the most is the SQL Server 2000 Bible by Nielsen. It's a great book for learning or reference. Quote
neodammer Posted August 13, 2004 Posted August 13, 2004 I find better prices with Ebooks than with solid copies. I just print it out in draft mode saves ink and alot of money :D Quote Enzin Research and Development
Denaes Posted August 13, 2004 Posted August 13, 2004 I find better prices with Ebooks than with solid copies. I just print it out in draft mode saves ink and alot of money :D 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!! 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 Quote
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