Hi Peter, one thing pointed out to me off list is that I need to be aware that many C# books are geared towards the MS platform and will spend a lot of time on Windows Forms and the Visual Studio .NET tools. Is that the case with "Learning C#"? Thanks.
Tom On Sun, 2004-08-22 at 17:36 -0600, Peter Dennis Bartok wrote: > O'Reilly : "Learning C#" it teaches from the ground up, and then O'Reilly's > "Programming C#", which introduces you to things like ASP.Net and SWF. > > Peter > > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Tom McLaughlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sunday, 22 August, 2004 16:39 > Subject: [Mono-list] Beginner C# Book > > > >Hi all, > > > >I'm looking for a good beginner C# book. Preferably one that does not > >assume a certain amount of familiarity with C++, Java, or OOP in > >general. I picked up "Mono: A Developers Notebook" from O'Reilly > >figuring that some of the C++ I saw in school would come back to me. > >What I saw in school was nearly five years ago and it's definitely not > >coming back. > > > >I really need a book that will not only go over the syntax and structure > >of the language but the underlying fundementals of the language. (Like > >not just how to create a vector but what each part of the declaraion > >means and how it all works.) Right now I maintain the FreeBSD port for > >Muine and I am looking at creating ports of other applications. I would > >like to have enough familiarity with the language to fix bugs, > >especially FreeBSD specific bugs in programs. > > > >If someone could recommend a book they found to give a good > >comprehensive understanding of the language to a beginner that would be > >great. Thanks. > > > >Tom > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
