What is a good book to some may not be to others. I guess it depends on how
you like to learn things. I tend to like to understand how the whole thing
is built and then learn to drive it.
So, in that spirit I would recommend "Applied Microsoft .NET Framework
Programming" by Jeremy Richter. Just about all the examples are in C#
anyway and the book focuses on the .NET platform, which in my opinion, is
what you have to understand to do it right. The language, which could be
VB, C++ or many other languages, will come with using it. What you need is
to understand the framework, the CLR (Common Language Runtime) and the
Class libraries that come with it. Actually, the first challenge is
understanding Object Oriented concepts, how to use ( and misuse) them as
that is very new for many Basic and MapBasic programmers. Then you have to
understand .NET which Richter's book will give you. And, of course,
learning by trying things is usually pretty important so picking a language
needs to happen and C# is certainly the most visible one.
If you had the time, I would try getting a VB.NET book too and try some of
the simple programs in both languages. Then I would build them and look at
the output in ILDASM which is a tool that comes with VS.NET that
disassembles any .NET code (called MSIL or IL as who else has an IL,
right?). You will learn tons from looking at ILDASM.
No promises here but MapInfo is putting together the details for MapWorld
in the spring. I know that sounds far away but would people on this list
who would be going anyway, be interested in some .NET overview and sessions
as an evening session? Note that I don't at this point even know that I am
going (haven't come up with a topic yet) but if I was and enough people
were interested I would be more than happy to do that. In my view, we have
to help pull people to .NET and demonstrate the benefits if we are really
to be successful with our .NET products.
Would someone organize an e-mail poll ?
Eric Blasenheim
Software Architect
MapInfo Corporation
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Subject: MI-L Book Recommendations for Learning C#?
For those of you working with C# already, would you have any
recommendations for a good book for a beginner interested in learning C#?
I've got "Inside C#, 2nd Ed." by Tom Archer and Andrew Whitechapel, but
that's more of a reference book than a tutorial, and gets a bit thick in
places. This one gets good reviews, but it's not good for learning C# for
the first time.
I'd appreciate any pointers to good C# books that are more oriented toward
teaching the language.
- Bill Thoen
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