A book about C#

Hello,
i am from german, sorry for my bad english, please guess =D

I would really like to read a book about C#, because i am a trainee and my company is working with it, also it has a lot of potential i think.

I see that Pragmatic Bookshelf have just one about C# in a different way, NUnit, but i will buy this anyway, too.

A C# Book about basics and further techniques would be great =D

Best Regards,
Camal Cakar

I fully agree with that Camal. I am from Italy and my company is switching their software from Java to C# and it´s a sign for me for his potential.

A comprehensive guide from beginning to pro would be nice.

Hello,
i am from Germany, too.

I would like to see a C# book, too :)

Hi,

there are lots of C# books out there already, what do you think they are missing?

I’m all for a pragmatic C# book but if there are lots of C# books already then would it sell?

It needs to have a different take on C#, what do you think that would be?

Absolutely there are dozens of books on the C# topic. I think what might be missing is a ‘best practices’ approach to the topic. That’s what pragprog is good at.

Is that enough for a book? I don’t know. Maybe a column in the new monthly.

A new column would be nice :D

First off, there are a ton of books, but in my opinion the quality of many technical books in the Microsoft software space generally leave a lot to be desired.

That said, I would agree that a best practices a-la Josh Bloch’s outstanding Effective Java might be a good niche for a progprog C# book.

I often miss the ‘pragmatic style’ when reading books about ASP.NET, C#, PowerShell and the like, so I think that perhaps folks shouldn’t view the wall of crud that currently lives in the space as a carte blanche disqualifier for this idea.

First things first, thanks to Christopher Patti for keeping this idea up. I was a little bit dissapointed about the less interesting in this idea. But i will do my best to get this idea out :D

I found something really interesting on stackoverflow(it´s a good Answer&Question Page for programmers) about C#, something like this :
Hidden Features of C#
Common programming mistakes for .NET developers to avoid?

When i read those thread, i was like o.O!

I am not a totally beginner in C# but there is so much more to learn and apply. I just love this language and a book about the brightside or the otherside will be so nice.

There are two books about “effective” C#, but those are just covering C# 3.0 but we all know C# 4.0 is on his way :D

Maybe a pragprog writer will read this and see the potential of this great language.

No, i havent got a mac i have a pc. I use Linux and Windows. But i never used OSX. Please give your reader a new perspective on Windows Programming :D

This would be awesome :D

That´s exactly what I am thinking. I am pretty new to PragProg because I want to learn Ruby. I got the book “Learn to program” and i love it. But looking into the other books of PragProg i just see Ruby/Specifiec Mac Programming. Some exotic books are there as well but there are just a few of them.

A book about C# with his magnificent features would be nice. Where can I pre-order that one ?

Hi,
my name is Norman Hoodoi.
I am a Phd. in computer science.
I just want to say that i am want to switch my learing material for my students from Java to C#. I think C# got a lot of the attributes a high level programmin language needs. A best practise book, with Tipps like posted wants :

Hidden Features of C#
Common programming mistakes for .NET developers to avoid?

Are just great.

Maybe this will be heard from the PragProg staff.

Greets from Netherland

Here is an interesting blog entry about a “dream book” with the main subject c# and .NET.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/jon_skeet/archive/2009/...

Jon Skeet is the man! He´s a real developer at Google but he is famous for his C# skills. I also want to see a pragmatic style C# book. It would be my next pre-order.

I love C#. Is so pragmatic. I can make rapid prototype and RIA, too. The .NET Framwork is a monster. And the runtime is running faster than the JVM. A book about C# ? From PragProg ? Maybe a book from Bill Wagner ? Pre-order please :D

+1 ^^

I hope the PragProg gods will someday listen to us :D

There are some nice books out there about good C# programming. Effective C#, C# in Depth to count some outstanding ones :D

+ 1!

Still interest in a C# “Best practices” Book.

A PragProg book on C# makes sense if you program primarily, or exclusively for the Windows OS platform. Otherwise I cannot see the advantage of coding in C# (.NET) and not using a multiplatform toolkit such as the Qt C++ Framework (GPL and LGPL as well). I don’t intend on starting a discussion on this topic. In my opinion, however, a PragProg new book on C# would have a rather restricted audience that de facto doesn’t really reach most of the Unix/Linux users out there.

Victor,

C# is not limited to Windows. In fact, it is an ECMA standard.

The Microsoft .NET C# compiler supports only Windows.

The Mono C# compiler supports Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, BSD, Sun Solaris, Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation 3 and Apple iPhone. It also runs on x86, x86-64, IA64, PowerPC, SPARC (32), ARM, Alpha, s390, s390x (32 and 64 bits) and more. Developing your application with Mono allows you to run on nearly any computer in existence.

Given this, I would see no reason to resort to C++ and Qt. Last time I checked, Qt required you purchase a commercial license to use it in commercial applications. So, one must factor in this cost as well as the extra development time for C++.

All the Best,

Rich Beck BCIP, MCSD, MCIS