C# for Programmers

by Harvey M. Deitel, Paul J. Deitel

A new edition of this title is available, ISBN-10: 0137144156 ISBN-13: 9780137144150

The practicing programmer's DEITEL® guide to C# and the powerful Microsoft .NET Framework

Written for programmers with a background in C++, Java, or other high-level languages, this book applies the Deitel signature live-code approach to teaching programming and explores Microsoft's C# language and the new .NET 2.0 in depth. The book is updated for Visual Studio® 2005 and C# 2.0, and presents C# concepts in the context of fully tested programs, complete with syntax shading, detailed line-by-line code descriptions, and program outputs. The book features 200+ C# applications with 16,000+ lines of proven C# code, as well as 300+ programming tips that will help you build robust applications.

Start with a concise introduction to C# fundamentals using an early classes and objects approach, then rapidly move on to more advanced topics, including multithreading,

Dr. Harvey M. Deitel and Paul J. Deitel are the founders of Deitel & Associates, Inc., the internationally recognized programming languages content-creation and corporate-training organization. Together with their colleagues at Deitel & Associates, Inc., they have written many international best-selling programming languages textbooks that millions of people worldwide have used to master C, C++, Java™, C#,

The DEITEL® Developer Series is designed for practicing programmers. The series presents focused treatments of emerging technologies, including .NET, J2EE, Web services, and more.

Pre-publication Reviewer Testimonials

"Excellent coverage of developing ASP.NET 2.0 applications, with plenty of sample code. The chapter on exception handling is one of, if not the best such chapters I have seen in the 50+ .NET related books I've read and reviewed. The chapter on Networking is one of the best I have seen."
—Peter Bromberg, Merrill Lynch, C# MVP

"A comprehensive introduction to

—Gavin Osborne, Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology

"A superb job of clearly integrating the theory of relational databases and SQL with ADO.NET!"
—Harlan Brewer, University of Cincinnati

"Excellent introduction to .NET collections."
—José Antonio González Seco, Andalucia's Parlamient

"A beautiful presentation of threads."
—Pavel Tsekov, Caesar BSC

"The ATM OOD/UML case study is excellent! The implementation of the design developed in the early chapters gives the reader a fantastic model of a real world problem. You hit a home run with this one!"
—Catherine Wyman, Devry-Phoenix

Practical, Example-Rich Coverage Of:

C# 2.0, .NET 2.0, FCL ASP.NET 2.0, Web Forms and Controls Database, SQL, and ADO.NET 2.0 Networking and .NET Remoting

Generics, Collections

GUI/Windows® Forms OOP: Classes, Inheritance, and Polymorphism OOD/UML™ ATM Case Study Graphics and Multimedia Multithreading Exception Handling And more... VISIT WWW.DEITEL.COM Download code examples To receive updates on this book, subscribe to the free DEITEL® BUZZ ONLINE e-mail newsletter at www.deitel.com/newsletter/subscribe.html Read archived Issues of the DEITEL® BUZZ ONLINE Get corporate training information

Genres: Nonfiction

1317 pages, Paperback

First published November 21, 2005

About the author

also Harvey M. Deitel or H.M. Deitel

Reviews

[Jesper · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book isn't for everybody. I found it to be perfect.

My first programming course in college was taught with the "C: How to Program" book by Paul and Harvey Deitel. I think that made this book feel very familiar to me. The difference between the "How to Program" and "For Progammers" series, is that the former includes practice exercises, the latter does not.

I really enjoy the Deitel books, and don't mean to make this sound like a negative review; however, I think the title of this book is a little misleading. The book's title should have been something more like: Intro to .Net development using C#.

In my opinion if you are an experienced developer that needs to pick up C# and .Net, you will probably be disappointed with this book. I think you can probably get what you need from google and some trial and error. On the other hand, if like me, you are a newbie and haven't done much programming and haven't had a chance to become familiar with OOP, XML, UML, etc, then I highly recommend this book. Reading this book will introduce you to the basics I just mentioned as well as C# 4 and .Net, Silverlight, WPF, XAML WCF, Windows Forms, Visual Studio and SQL server express.

The book is well written and offers the classic Deitel "tips" (common programming errors, software engineering tips, etc), that said, it feels like an introductory programming book that you can save a few bucks on because it doesn't have the exercises that you would find in a classroom textbook.

[Troy Campbell · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the best programming books I've ever read. This big is huge and comprehensive. It is a must read for any C# developer, beginner to advanced. My only complaint is that it did not seem quite as comprehensive as the Java text by the same authors.