Books to start a career as C# .Net Developer

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Hi all Can someone please provide with a list of books from Amazon (not free books thanks) and the other I should them to start a career as C# .Net Developer. Do you need to buy a book that only teach C# before thinking about starting with ASP.NET or WPF/WINFORM? Thanks

Vulpes · Answer

I'd only buy Herb Schildt's 'C# 4.0 The Complete Reference' if you're not going to buy his 'Beginner's Guide' as well because a lot of the material from the latter is repeated (or rehashed) in the former.

Mahesh Chand · Answer

You can still download the free book in my post above. That will give you a good understanding of C# language before you get any other book.

Michael Smith · Answer

Thanks Andrew for the advice. Vulpes I am now reading Herb Schildt's books and its taking my memory back to 10 years when I was college studying Java. This is a good book and I will pick up C# faster than I thought. But as Andrew said I am going read and code as many books as I can.

Andrew Fenster · Answer

Just as important as getting the books you should download the Microsoft Express C# version of Visual Studio. That's the free version of Microsoft Visual Studio. You use Visual Studio to write code and create applications. If you're a beginner the free version has everything you need. Just Google for Microsoft Express and you'll find it. It's not enough to read books. You have to write code. Read something. Try writing some code. Read some more. It takes persistance.

Michael Smith · Answer

Mahesh Thanks for the link I am going to download the book. Vulpes  I am going to buy Herb Schildt's 'C# 4.0 The Complete Reference. Thanks for the reference.

Michael Smith · Answer

Thanks Mahens Sorry I did not mention this from the beginning. I actually took 4 Java courses (Computer Science Degree) in the university 10 years ago and I did some college projects using java sql and jsp. I also have some experience creating websites using Photoshop HTML and Dreamweaver. I am currently in the world of networking Linux and Windows and it has become ridiculous what the companies here in USA are doing against system admin and network engineers. They want them to do the work of three people to have more of 7 different skills and to work 11 hours per day. Being a developer may required to have various skills but all concentrate in what you do so you become a master in one technology not a middle master in; Cisco VMware Linux Perl JBOSS Apache DNS specific monitoring and back up applications database SQL etc....... developers and DBA Administrator are the few IT careers that concentrate only in a specific technology. Thanks

Mahesh Chand · Answer

If you do not know much about C# language you can try this: http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/uploadfile/mahesh/csp08202007084545am/csp.aspx After that you can get the Pro book.

Michael Smith · Answer

Guys Should I buy this new book by Herbert Schildt C# 4.0 The Complete Reference http://www.amazon.com/Herbert-Schildt/e/B001H6PSMG/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1 or C# 4.0 in a Nutshell: The Definitive Reference by Joseph Albahari http://www.amazon.com/C-4-0-Nutshell-Definitive-Reference/dp/0596800959 I am going to use one of the book to help me with this book exercises: Introducing Visual C# 2010 by Adan Freeman http://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Visual-2010-Experts-Voice/dp/1430231718/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1307927185&sr=1-1 Then I will continue with Pro ASP.NET 4 in C# 2010 by Matthew MacDonald and Adam Freeman http://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Visual-2010-Experts-Voice/dp/1430231718/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1307927185&sr=1-1 Thanks

Vulpes · Answer

Although it's not a beginner's book as such you might also like to consider this one ( http://www.amazon.com/C-4-0-Nutshell-Definitive-Reference/dp/0596800959 ) which is an excellent reference book with chapters not just on the C# language itself but on stuff such as LINQ networking security threading interop and regular expressions all of which the professional programmer should have in his/her armory.

Michael Smith · Answer

Thanks Vulpes and Mashes for you advice. Are there one or two more books as good as C# 3.0: A Beginner's Guide. I would like to have more than one study resource. Thanks

Mahesh Chand · Answer

I agree. First learn the language and then you can buy one of the Pro books from Apress. They have lot of good information .. by Mathew McDonald. Also AWL books are good. Visual C# 2010 Pro is probably a good one. I don't know exact name but you get the idea.

Vulpes · Answer

My personal view is that it's best to get a good grasp of C# as a programming language before you get bogged down with the details of ASP.NET WPF or Windows Forms. I'd therefore recommend this book ( http://www.amazon.com/3-0-Beginners-Guide-Herbert-Schildt/dp/0071588302/ref=dp_ob_title_bk ) by Herb Schildt.