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Andrew Stellman and Jennifer Greene
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Product Description Do you want to learn C#? Programmers around the world have learned that C# lets them design great-looking programs and build them fast. With C#, you ve got a powerful programming language and a valuable tool at your fingertips. And with the Visual Studio IDE, you ll never have to spend hours writing obscure code just to get a button working. C#, Visual Studio and .NET take care of the grunt-work, and let you focus on the interesting parts of getting your programs written. Sound appealing?
Unlike other C# books, which just show you examples and expect you to just memorize them and move on, Head First C# gets you writing code from the beginning. You're given the tools you need, and then you're guided through fun and engaging programming projects. You'll build programs to play a card game, explore a house, and help lazy programmers manage their sick day excuses. But it's not all fun and games: you'll build business applications too, like a contact database and a program to help a party planner estimate her dinner parties. You'll build a dungeon role-playing game and a fully animated, colorful simulation of a beehive. And by the end of the book, you'll build a fast-paced, full-featured retro Invaders arcade game.
Make no mistake: by the time you're done with Head First C#, you'll be able to build full-scale, complex, and highly visual programs. And you'll have all of the C# tools you need to tackle almost any programming problem that comes your way.
Head First C# is built for your brain, using the revolutionary approach that was pioneered by the highly acclaimed and popular Head First series. You'll never get that bored, "eyes glazed over" feeling from Head First C#, because it guides you through one challenging project after another until, by the end of the book, you're a C# rock star!
Here's what you'll learn: - Core C# programming concepts
- How to use the Visual Studio 2008 IDE to build, debug and run your programs
- Important .NET 3.5 features, including generic collections, Windows forms, GDI+ graphics, streams, serialization and more
- Using object oriented programming concepts to help you build well-designed programs
- How to build robust applications with good error handling
- The latest C# 3.0 features, including LINQ, object and collection initializers, automatic properties, extension methods and more
Throughout the book, you'll confront and conquer advanced C# concepts. Some of the most mysterious ideas are demystified and explained with clear examples: how Unicode works, events and delegates, references versus value types, the stack versus the heap, what's really going on with garbage collection, and more.
Thousands of readers have learned C# using this innovative book, including: - Beginning programmers who want to learn programming from the ground up
- More advanced programmers who are proficient in another language (like Visual Basic, Java, SQL, FoxPro) and want to add C# to their toolbox
- Programmers who understand basic C# syntax, but are still looking to get a handle on how objects work
- Anyone who's tried to learn C#, but had to deal with books full of dull examples and nothing but boring console applications
- Lots of people who just want to learn how to build cool games!
Head First C# is built to work with any version of Visual Studio 2008, including the free express edition. (It can also can be used with any version of Visual Studio 2005.)
Featured Customer Reviews  SQL Express and Visual C# Exprees is a bad combination. ,
November 16, 2008 Awesome series!,
October 27, 2008Best C# book Ever.,
October 21, 2008 This is a great book that does not bog you down with technical terms and actually teaches you how to use C#.
Instead of learning how write hello world on the command console you start of in chapter 1 making a full GUI program that actually does something. The best thing is it is actual easy to make!Teaches in a variety of ways,
October 18, 2008 I'm about a thrid of the way through the book and it seems to really tailor to anyone's needs by teaching the information in many different ways. This is a huge help for me because I am the guy who didn't know anyhting about C# programming before I picked this book up and now I'm more conifdent about my knowledge. I would suggest the Oriely line for others.
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October 06, 2008 This is unlike any other C# book I've come across, I wish it would have been the first one I'd bought when diving into programming for the first time. They've managed to make learning a programming language fun (a tall order). Everything is spelled out for the beginning programmer. There are plenty of pictures, notes, exercises, etc. to help you grasp what can be some pretty confusing concepts, especially if you're encountering them for the first time. It's also the only beginner's C# book I've seen that doesn't start you out writing console applications. In fact, you never write a single console app. Great book.
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