I recently picked up the book below and can say that within 2 weeks of reading a few chapters a day, its made such a difference in my ability to read and write code.
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=VGT1_UJzjM0C&printsec=frontcover It is aimed at someone who has programmed before, at least as a hobbyist. Also, dont expect to learn in an afternoon the first 5-10 chapters are really quite hard to chew as it is the foundation. Saying that, the rest of the book does a real good job in 'not repeating itself', and it does breach beyond the foundations of C#.NET (WCF, ADO, ASP, XAML etc.) Assuming you've read the previous chapters, its quite easy to understand. You also get a free PDF version when you visit their website, which is good for searching text. Let me know how you go. On Jun 15, 4:11 pm, Awadhendra Tiwari <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 8:47 AM, bcrem <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Folks, > > > So the last time this question was asked in this forum (according to > > my search for 'best book' just now) was in '05. Answers then were: > > > 1. Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming > > 2. C#: The Complete Reference > > 3.Black Book Of C# > 4.Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 > 5.O'Really Programing In C# > > > > > Any more recent recommendations? I'm considering "Professional C# > > 2008" (I'm assuming w/ 15 years programming I don't need to stick w/ > > 'Beginning C#" titles) or maybe "Teach Yourself Visual C# 2008 in 24 > > Hours", but would welcome any opinions offered here. > > > Thanks, > > bc
