Visual C#, a feature of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, is a modern programming language designed to deliver a productive environment for creating business frameworks and reusable object-oriented components. Now you can teach yourself essential techniques with Visual C# and start building components and Microsoft Windows-based applications one step at a time. With STEP BY STEP, you work at your own pace through hands-on, learn-by-doing exercises. Whether you're a beginning programmer or new to this particular language, you'll learn how, when, and why to use specific features of Visual C# 2005. Each chapter puts you to work, building your knowledge of core capabilities and guiding you as create your first C#-based applications for Windows, data management, and the Web.
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John R. Sharp worked as a linguist and analyst for the U.S. Government for over 40 years, teaching and writing curricula for Modern Standard Arabic and several Arabic dialects. During his studies in Cairo, he became fascinated with Egyptology and the ancient Egyptian language, but was frustrated at not finding a good, searchable index of pharaohs' cartouches (name rings), so he decided to make one himself, a project that took several decades. He lives in Hawaii.
A pretty typical tech book full of lame jokes and plenty of examples, most of which will work with some tweaking. Lets face it, if you're reading it, you probably want to learn XNA gamestudio express, and this is your first ticket on the ride. I made a vastly improved Windows calculator program using very little imagination with the examples given.
This book lives up to its name: it's literally "step by step". So, it's good if you don't know what you're doing because it directs you. In the process though, you don't learn a thing. You'd be better off getting a book that explains what you're doing before doing it.
the first I Read When I moved to .net . it's very nice Book and progressive, especially because I was come from vb6 :( , Oh ya you while be read Jokes sometime :)