I personally think aside from all the great books listed. Every programmer should read Code - by Petzold. At some point software has to magically jump into hardware and every programmer should have at least the modicum of understanding at this level.
On 4 December 2014 at 11:02, Tom P <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Greg, have been meaning to get the CLR via C# book everybody talks > about > > Thanks > Tom > > On 3 December 2014 at 22:31, Greg Keogh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What are some must read books for a newbie .NET developer? There are so >>> many so I thought I'd ask the experienced folk here. >>> >> >> I've raved about these book in previous years. You can't consider >> yourself a serious .NET developer if you don't have one of these books >> within reach at all times: >> >> *C# 5.0 in a Nutshell* (Joseph Albahari, author of LINQPad) >> *CLR via C#* (Jeffrey Richter) >> >> Once you've memorised those two and feel more confident, rewire your >> brain to look at problems and solve them in a different way: >> >> *Expert F#* (Don Syme et al) >> >> Cheers, >> Greg K >> > > > -- regards, Preet, Overlooking the Ocean, Auckland
