Good C#/ASP.NET self learning books?

hideki · 7 Jan 2010 at 13:25

Anyone recommend some good books for C#/ASP.NET?

What im really interested in is books with good practical examples. possibly some kind of exercises to test knowledge as the book progresses. How to use the code rather than just what it does.

Ive found a lot of programming books rather dry reading, mostly theory and reference with large lists of functions and methods.

Haircut · 7 Jan 2010 at 14:17

Perhaps something like this would be more up your street:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Head-First-C-Andrew-Stellman/dp/0596514824

I've not read the C# version, but the others in the Head First series that I have read have been very good.
Unfortunately I don't think there is one for ASP.NET though.

regulus · 7 Jan 2010 at 18:48

Try using the video tutorials on the Microsoft website. I worked through the C-sharp one a few years back and it helped me far more than a book ever did.

Izi · 7 Jan 2010 at 19:35

www.learnvisualstudio.net - some good vids there.

also look for 'the beer house project' - there are two versions, one for asp.net mvc and one which was done in asp.net 2.0 - get the one with asp.net 2.0 and go through that.

it basically works via the problem solution implementation approach and made learning easy. it also shows good practice in seperating dataacess and business logic etc.

hideki · 8 Jan 2010 at 13:03

Thanks guys, I'll have a look at those ideas.

I wouldn't say i was looking for purely practical learning, just one that tests you on what was just learned in the previous chapter via questions and exercises.