Microsoft Visual C# 2012 Step by Step 1st Edition

This is defiantly one of the best books to use for learning of C#, and a great starter no matter how much you know previously.It says its for people that are previously acquainted with another language, but believe me when i say, from experience, that its is THE BEST STARTING BOOK you can get. It skips all the bs most books will put in, and once you know something well, it does not elaborate on it anymore. The book is very well adopted in the learning curve, and will tell you what you need at all times.One of the best things about this book is that later on in the chapters, once you get past basics and can program some smaller decent programs, the book becomes more of a collection of usable code that it explains, like a dictionary for code :DI was rly surprised what i got for 25$ (price at the time of purchase).I defiantly recommend this book to ANYONE WHO WANTS TO PROGRAM IN C#, REGARDLESS OF YOUR PREVIOUS PROGRAMMING KNOWLEDGE!!

This book is about building Windows Store Apps for Windows 8. It's not about learning C# for more general purposes. Avoid this book if you wish to write code for Windows 7, Vista or general support for .NET 4 & 4.5, or if your goal is web development. When it comes to covering important topics like multi-threading, Async methods, Data Binding, and database, those chapters limit themselves to full screen Windows 8 apps. If your goal is to do something useful with C#, like file I/O, Graphics, Security, Networking, etc., this book doesn't touch those subjects. My goal was web development. Since C# is grabbing the attention of the web development community I assumed this book would having something to say about it.... not a word. The word 'web' can't even be found in the index. The Web templates that come with Visual Studio are ignored. If you can limit your users to Windows 8 or are willing to limit your market to full screen Windows 8, then this book might help. I'm very disappointed in this book.

The book is in great detail. The author explains everything clearly. The language is clearly laid out, and it easy for me, as a Chinese student, to read. I am not a CS major, but I just enjoy reading this book. I watched youtube tutorials on C#, but I think to read this book can offer a more systematic knowledge.So I am reading it and making great progress on C#.Thanks to the writer, who make learning C# this simple!

As a programmer for many years, (c++ previously) I don't purchase technical books to read as if it were a novel. I search for the topics that I need and read that section and build off the code examples. In this book if you do a search for the word "Database" (kindle version) it should return many variations, but it returns zero hits. Then try searching on the word "Oracle" and another big goose-egg appears. SQL Sever isn't the only database out there.Application developers connect to databases all the time and needless to say this book is a poor choice if that's one of your goals.

I found it very useful, but there are a new one for 2013. Good code examples, no for beginers in oop

I know C++ and Java so this was easy to read. The front of the book has an easy break down on what to skip depending on your background in programing. I like it a lot and would recommend it for anyone learning C# regardless of background.

good price, good condition!

To be honest, if you are learning programming from the ground up, this isn't the book for you. If you have any programming experience at all, This one nails it for you.

I libri step by step sono sempre all’altezza, forse il carattere un po’ piccolo per risparmiare sulle pagine. Spedizione perfetta.

Nicht mein erstes C# Buch über .NET 4.5. Aber die praktische Erschließung der Neuerungen in .NET 4.5 hat mir sehr dabei weitergeholfen die Konzepte zu verinnerlichen. Zumal oftmals an dem gleichen Programmierprojekt über mehrere Kapitel gearbeitet wurde. Sehr gut für Anwender welche neben der Theorie auch viel Praxis benötigen.Anmerkung zu C# Zertifizierung (70-483).Wer sich auf die C# Zertifizierung von Microsoft vorbereitet sollte (immerhin verweist Microsoft in vielen Quellen auch auf dieses Buch) sollte unbedingt darauf achten, dass in diesem Buch nicht alles abgedeckt wird, was prüfungsrelevant ist. Vor allem Instrumentalisierung wie z.B. Performance-Counter kommt nicht vor. Deswegen unbedingt zusätzlich die Themenliste zur Zertifizierung von Microsoft anhaken ;-).Gruss Christine

Di solito aborro i libri d'informatica in italiano perché sono sempre approssimativi e mal strutturati.Questo libro invece mantiene le promesse. E' scritto bene ed ha una struttura lineare che consente ai neofiti di iniziare dal primo capitolo (ovviamente), mentre a quelli che già masticano un po' di programmazione di saltare qualche capitolo a seconda del loro background.Il libro è incentrato sullo sviluppo di applicazioni tipo console e GUI.

I have a small collection of microsoft books, this one is the worst.To many errors and wrong photos on wrong pages.There is an errata, but is impossible to check the errata all the time... as a beginner you don't know what is right or wrong written.Be carefull... Step by Step... you get an idea that this book is for beginners... is not.They assume all the time you already have some knowledge in all points.Is very bad writting a book assuming someone already knows.If someone knows... they don't need to buy a book... specially not this one.In the back of the book, in small you have the info... For experienced developers learning a new topic.For experienced developers, in my opinion this is a very poor book.In summary... if you look for a beginners book... this is not the one, if you look for a experienced developer book... in 774 pages maybe less then 100 pages are useful.I'm really disappointed.I give 3 stars because some topics are well explained... for someone that have already some knowledge.Hope this helps future buyers.Best regards,J.P.

Avendo delle piccole basi di provrammazione (linguaggio C), il libro è ben strutturato ed è adatto anche per i neofiti.