C#

[Bakedgoods]

Can anyone recommend any beginner C# books?

I'm looking at moving from VB.net. I've got other Wrox books and they are ok so I was thinking about their C# for beginners unless anyone can recommend anything they know to be better?

 

[voodooflux]

I believe the O'Reilly book Programming C# by Jesse Liberty is highly recommended.

 

[Haircut]

Something else I would recommend is this:
http://labs.developerfusion.co.uk/convert/vb-to-csharp.aspx

Online VB.NET to C# convertor, try plugging some VB.NET classes you have written into that and have a look at the output.
It will show you the differences in syntax for some code that you are already familiar with.

 

[JoeWed]

I'd be very careful learning anything from code outputted by a VB -> C# converter it'll often output very bad code that if you were coding manually would be done completely different.

 

[Haircut]

I'd be very careful learning anything from code outputted by a VB -> C# converter it'll often output very bad code that if you were coding manually would be done completely different.

Why? I've found VB.NET to C# convertors to be very good in general, cetainly for simple code.

 

[Chaos]

Learning C# by Jesse Liberty is a good beginner book.

Also grab this - http://www.charlespetzold.com/dotnet/DotNetBookZero11.pdf

and do the workshop at gamedev -

http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/default.asp?pid=84

 

[Stelly]

Its about time mate.... I have a few books you might want to borrow....

Mail me

Stelly

 

[Stretch]

I'd be very careful learning anything from code outputted by a VB -> C# converter it'll often output very bad code that if you were coding manually would be done completely different.

Converting VB.Net to C# should be fairly straight forward providing you're not using any legacy VB code.

 

[roid]

It is pretty easy to pick up ;]

 

[Weebull]

If his C# books are as good as his C++ ones, then Jesse Liberty's stuff recommended above should be an excellent starting point.

 

[elkdanger]

Can anyone recommend any beginner C# books?

I'm looking at moving from VB.net. I've got other Wrox books and they are ok so I was thinking about their C# for beginners unless anyone can recommend anything they know to be better?

Out of interest, why the move from vb.net to c# specifically?

 

[roid]

In my experience vb.net is just horrible compared to c#, and legacy code i've had to support takes twice as long for me to debug as anything else.

Might just be personal preference though :]

 

[Eriedor]

In my experience vb.net is just horrible compared to c#, and legacy code i've had to support takes twice as long for me to debug as anything else.

Might just be personal preference though :]

Agree++

Last VB work I did was vb6, after writing a fairly tricky neural network in it I realised all of its short comings and hated it! Unfortunately in my new job I've been forced to code in vb.net, I argued c#'s case and after presenting a logical argument I was shot down by the technical lead because he believes it will be easier maintanability by staff they may hire in future!

Even though it's vb.net and all copiles to the same as IL as c# I still hate it!

 

[Bakedgoods]

Out of interest, why the move from vb.net to c# specifically?

Just seems a more 'grown up' language. I know you can do most things in VB that you can do in C#, but as far as support and documentation goes for the more difficult things it's a lot easier to get help in C#.

Also, if I ever wanted to delve into C or C++ I would be in a better position.

I'm trying to find some online beginner C# stuff but i'm having no joy.

 

[roid]

I actually find the help files that some with visual studio to be useful!

You already have quite a good basis by knowing vb, so you'll just need to get familiar with the new syntax and language features. Most of the actual tools are still there available for you.

 

[Bakedgoods]

I can only really find video tutorials online, I would like some sort of text/images based guide to complement the book