Product Description

Beginning Visual C# is now available. Beginning Visual C# is a new edition of this book, and is fully compatible with the final release of the .NET Framework. We strongly recommend that you order the new edition, Beginning Visual C# in preference to this edition.

C# is Microsoft's brand new programming language for its new platform, the .NET Framework. The .NET Framework consists of a runtime environment for managing the execution of our code, and a whole host of class libraries for performing almost any programming task you can think of. Although .NET code can be written in many languages, C# is the only language designed specifically for the .NET Framework, and as such is set to become the language of choice for writing .NET applications for years to come.

This book will be an indispensable guide as you learn to write C# programs, gradually explaining the key concepts of C# and .NET as your skills develop. After a thorough explanation of the basics of the C# language, we take an in-depth look at object-oriented programming in C#, before moving on to see how we write Windows applications in C#. We also show how you can create dynamic web pages and web services in C#. Finally, two case studies provide full examples of C# applications in action and show how it all ties together.

This book covers:

- The C# language
- .NET Programming with C#
- Object-oriented programming
- Writing Windows applications
- Accessing databases
- Writing web pages and web services in C#

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #497510 in Books
• Published on: 2001-09-15
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 1035 pages

Amazon.com Review
Suitable for even those new to programming, Beginning C# presents a thorough and digestible tutorial on C#, the premiere new language for the Microsoft .NET Framework. This well-paced guide strikes a good balance between covering the language itself and the underlying .NET platform. It can put C# within reach of a wide range of readers of all abilities.

Weighing in at over 1,300 pages, the volume is big but never dense. The authors do a good job at focusing on the C# language first, with a minimum of cheerleading for the .NET platform. The book jumps right in with a well-paced language-based tutorial that covers everything, from basic data types and flow control to elements of class design in C#. Instead of assuming a lot of knowledge of other programming languages, the text takes the reader through from the very beginning, proving that C# is indeed a good first language to learn. The book is good at pointing out how to take advantage of tools and wizards available in Visual Studio .NET, which can help simplify class design. Clear explanation of advanced features of the language, like properties, indexers, events and delegates, and operator overloading, all get their due, illustrated with short code excerpts.

As the title progresses, it circles back toward the .NET platform itself, first with several sections on core APIs like strings and collections that will let you do more with C# with less work. A nice introductory chapter looks at Windows Forms for building traditional thick clients, while a section on ASP.NET introduces Web development on .NET. New APIs for database programming in ADO.NET and Web services are also covered.

The text closes with two longer case studies that show off C# in action--in an ASP.NET-based Web site for online polling, plus a fairly involved newsletter site with good administrative control of subscribers. These longer samples are fine, but it's the careful choice of shorter code excerpts, along with the authors' patient and clear explanation of key C# language features, that will help this book really fly. It's a strong choice for learning the basics of C# in a hurry, whether you are coming to Microsoft's new language from C++ or Java or are brand new to programming. While C# is still very new, the authors of Beginning C# manage to pack a lot of material that nails down this language accurately into a well-presented tutorial format that ranks with the best. --Richard Dragan

From the Publisher
Beginning C# provides a painless introduction to C# for beginners or relatively inexperienced programmers, who want to move to the .NET Framework from languages that don't support modern object-oriented programming techniques. This book is for everyone who is tired of C# books that assume ten-plus years of C++ experience.

About the Author
Karli Watson is an in-house author for Wrox. Karli's computing interests include all things mobile and upcoming technologies such as C#. He can often be found preaching about these technologies at conferences.

Jon Reid is the Chief Technology Officer for the database and development tool maker Micro Data Base Systems, Inc. John is the editor for the C++ and Object Query Language (OQL), components of the Object Data Management Group (ODMG) standard and has contributed to previous Wrox titles.

Christian Nagel is working as a trainer and consultant for Global Knowledge. He enjoys teaching others programming and architecting distributed solutions. As founder of the now called .NET User Group Austria and as MSDN Regional Director, he is a speaker at European conferences (TechEd, VCDC.

Eric White is an independent consultant. Eric has particular interest in Object-Oriented design methodologies, including use case analysis, UML, and design patterns. Eric is currently specializing in C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, XML, COM+, GDI+, SQL Server and other Microsoft technologies.

Jacob Hammer Pedersen is a systems developer at ICL Invia - a member of the Fujitsu Group. Primarily working on the Microsoft platforms, other expertises include MS Office development, COM, COM+ and Visual Basic.Net.

Ollie Cornes co-founded a business-to-business Internet company and until recently was their Chief Technical Officer. Prior to that his various roles involved programming, technical authoring, network management, writing, leading development projects and consulting.

Morgan Skinner has used a variety of languages and platforms, including VAX Macro Assembler, Pascal, Modula2, Smalltalk, x86 assembly language, PowerBuilder, C/C++, Visual Basic, PL/SQL, TSQL and current C#. You can reach Morgan by email at morgan.skinner@totalise.co.uk.

David Espinosa is a Senior Programmer and owner of Espinosa Consulting. He concentrates on Microsoft technologies and tools. David has worked with Microsoft as a Lead Author for the Desktop Visual FoxPro Certification Exam and has recently been focusing on E-Commerce and data integration solutions.

Zach Greenvoss, MCSD is a Senior Consultant with Magenic Technologies, a Microsoft Gold Certified consulting firm. He specializes in middle tier architecture and implementation, utilizing various technologies including COM+, MSMQ, BizTalk, and XML. He can be reached at zachg@magenic.com.

After working with Wrox Press on a number of projects, Matthew Reynolds is now an in-house author writing about and working with virtually all aspects of Microsoft.NET. He's also a regular contributor to Wrox's ASPToday, C#Today and Web Services Architect. He can be reached on matthewr@wrox.com.

Marco Bellinaso is a freelance software engineer and has been working with VB, C/C++ and other Microsoft tools for several years, specializing in User Interface, API, ActiveX/COM design and programming. Marco now spends all his time on the .Net Framework with both C# and VB.You can reach him at mbellinaso@vb2themax.com

Customer Reviews

Back In Form !!!!!
Yep after months and months of ranting and criticizing that the red book publishers (Wrox) have lost their magic touch, just when we were about to give up on them, they return with an outstanding book, probably one of the best in their Beginning series ever, and coming back in form in such style, this is simply unbelievable - Beginning C# is all I needed.
Working as a developer in ASP for over 3 years now, but never actually having tried my hands in a real hardcore programming language, I bought EACH AND EVERY book on C# being published since the past one year, but couldn't get past the 40th page of any of the books, they were designed for hardcore programmers and for a moment I wondered if Microsoft and other authors were leaving pure ASP programmers down the drain.
Beginning C# is the answer to all the prayers if you've faced the same delima as I have.
First the drawbacks.
Someone at wrox has decided that publishing a book less than 1000pages is a crime.so I guess I can let go of that. This book has 1031 pages.
Having multiple authors at times irritatingly breaks the smooth flow of explanations from chapter to chapter. GDI+ may be understanding enough as a chapter but the manner of explanations and approach to "try it out" examples is suffocating, irritating and makes you want to tear the entire chapter out of the book.
Also some examples are NOT WORKING and THIS CAN GET YOU FRUSTRATED, so be WARNED.
The plus points.
25 chapters, precise to the point, length of each chapter kept under 25 to 30 pages. Basic aim of each chapter is to explain the topic and right away get your hands dirty with examples.Each example explained step by step.
OOP being an integral part of C# comes only on Ch#8 after you have grown sufficiently confident enough to open Visual Studio and write basic programs for Windows/Web.
This according to me is a very intelligent planning of chapters and hence non of the chapters come across as speaking to you in a foriegn language or in a manner of saying that "sorry if you don't understand us , you are an idiot"....
This book can be held at the same high teaching standards set by Beginning ASPDatabases/Beginning ASP/Beginning JavaScript.

The only other book which even comes close to this is C# By Herb Schildt. Which is another exceptionally good book for beginners, though it does not touch the wide range of topics as Beg.C#
With this book Wrox is back in form.
Simply put... An Amazing Achievement....

Great book, highly recommended
Wanting to move up to a more sophisticated WEB language (from ASP,VB) I've bought quite a few books on .Net and C#. However, all of them left me with a lot of questions on how to just get started with the language.

This book solves all those problems. Anyone new to C# or just object oriented programming, can learn from this book.

The way that Karli eases you into the concepts and describes what each line of code does is extremely helpful.

This book is probably NOT for the Intermediate to Advanced programmer as Karli covers a lot of basic programming concepts. However, It also is a great primer for anyone wanting exposure to the language.

My favorite C# book...
I wanted to learn C# (and learn more about .Net), and I'm coming from a mostly VB and ASP background. I was happy with Wrox's "C# Programming with the Public Beta" book (co-written by Watson), but wanted something that was more complete. At close to 1000 pages, this book certainly FEELS complete. It is also smartly outlined with excellent examples and exercises at the end of each chapter (but where are the answers??). Best of all once you step through the chapters on Windows and the web, there are TWO complete Case Studies (something I love about the Wrox books), and an article about building an Online Shopping Cart Using C#.
This book is similar in quality to Ivor Horton's "Beginning Java 2" books. (Only with better examples, in my opinion).