Professional ASP.NET 2.0

Pro C# 2005 and the .NET 2.0 Platform, Third Edition

Pro ASP.NET 2.0 in C# 2005

Programming

Professional C# 2005 (Wrox Professional Guides)

Format: Paperback
Author: Christian Nagel
ReleaseDate: 07 November, 2005
Publisher: Wrox
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Pros and Cons
It is both a very broad and deep view of C# and . PROS: I liked the book, and learned a lot from it.NET, covering more than most other books. It has good explanations of things like delegates, properties, indexers, and differences between C# and java, C++ and other languages. The section on ADO (SQL Database classes) is especially good, tho it goes pretty fast. This is a professional book, not for beginning programmers, but especially good if you know java or C++ already (I know both, so it helped even more).

Between this book and the Microsoft web site, I now have a firm understanding of the basics of C#, and a start in learning a good chunk of . NET. Much more to do on learning . NET, of course.

CONS: The problem with the book was a lack of quality control -- many more errors in the code snippets and some detailed explanations than there should have been -- all someone has to do is copy them into a program and try compiling them, and verify it at least compiles! Some were corrected in the downloadable code, but still a lot that weren't (I got tired of submitting errata reports). There were even some simple speling errors (sic) that a simple spell checker could have caught! Jeez guys, come on!

I was forced to go to the Microsoft web site and get accurate data on many occasions. Lost confidence in Wrox.

I got the impression that much of the data had started in one of the other C# books, got edited, and now there are holes, references to code and items that don't exist, etc. More a fault of the editors than the original authors.

Wrox -- put some pressure on your quality control people! These aren't romance novels, people like us actually read these things and USE THEM!!!.

A Must have for every serious C#.NET programmer
The TOC of this guide is done better than its predecessor. Such an awesome guide! I also own the old version of this book: Professional C#. All explanations, illustrations, and examples are really well-covered, practical and complete. However, features new to . NET 2. 0 are not highlighted in some eye-catching way (boxed or italicized, for example), they are dispersed in the text and sometimes even difficult to find. Yet I'd strongly recommend every serious C#. NET programmer to have a copy of this text!.

Excelent book
It is written very well and it's easy to understand. This book was recomended to me, and truth to be told, I wasn't disappointed. I'm not a native English speaker so that's one more plus from me.

In conclusion, excelent book!.