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Head First C# (Brain-Friendly Guides) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Andrew Stellman, Jennifer Greene
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Category: Book
List Price: $49.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  49 reviews
Sales Rank: 8262
Format: Illustrated
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 778
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.7
Dimensions (in): 9 x 8 x 2.2
ISBN: 0596514824
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.133
EAN: 9780596514822
ASIN: 0596514824
Publication Date: November 26, 2007
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Product Description
Do you want to learn C#? Programmers around the world have learned that C# lets them design great-looking programs and build them fast. With C#, you ve got a powerful programming language and a valuable tool at your fingertips. And with the Visual Studio IDE, you ll never have to spend hours writing obscure code just to get a button working. C#, Visual Studio and .NET take care of the grunt-work, and let you focus on the interesting parts of getting your programs written. Sound appealing?
Unlike other C# books, which just show you examples and expect you to just memorize them and move on, Head First C# gets you writing code from the beginning. You're given the tools you need, and then you're guided through fun and engaging programming projects. You'll build programs to play a card game, explore a house, and help lazy programmers manage their sick day excuses. But it's not all fun and games: you'll build business applications too, like a contact database and a program to help a party planner estimate her dinner parties. You'll build a dungeon role-playing game and a fully animated, colorful simulation of a beehive. And by the end of the book, you'll build a fast-paced, full-featured retro Invaders arcade game.
Make no mistake: by the time you're done with Head First C#, you'll be able to build full-scale, complex, and highly visual programs. And you'll have all of the C# tools you need to tackle almost any programming problem that comes your way.
Head First C# is built for your brain, using the revolutionary approach that was pioneered by the highly acclaimed and popular Head First series. You'll never get that bored, "eyes glazed over" feeling from Head First C#, because it guides you through one challenging project after another until, by the end of the book, you're a C# rock star!
Here's what you'll learn: - Core C# programming concepts
- How to use the Visual Studio 2008 IDE to build, debug and run your programs
- Important .NET 3.5 features, including generic collections, Windows forms, GDI+ graphics, streams, serialization and more
- Using object oriented programming concepts to help you build well-designed programs
- How to build robust applications with good error handling
- The latest C# 3.0 features, including LINQ, object and collection initializers, automatic properties, extension methods and more
Throughout the book, you'll confront and conquer advanced C# concepts. Some of the most mysterious ideas are demystified and explained with clear examples: how Unicode works, events and delegates, references versus value types, the stack versus the heap, what's really going on with garbage collection, and more.
Thousands of readers have learned C# using this innovative book, including: - Beginning programmers who want to learn programming from the ground up
- More advanced programmers who are proficient in another language (like Visual Basic, Java, SQL, FoxPro) and want to add C# to their toolbox
- Programmers who understand basic C# syntax, but are still looking to get a handle on how objects work
- Anyone who's tried to learn C#, but had to deal with books full of dull examples and nothing but boring console applications
- Lots of people who just want to learn how to build cool games!
Head First C# is built to work with any version of Visual Studio 2008, including the free express edition. (It can also can be used with any version of Visual Studio 2005.)
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HeadFirst C# August 31, 2008
i was trying to learn C# on my own, when i was searching through the web i cam across this book on your site which was also at a reasonable price. I checked on other sites but i found the price of this book more reasonable.
The book si really good as it explains most of the concepts very detailed way which helps everyone to understand. It is a book which is very worth than other books. I already heard about headfirst on java, but haven't read it. But now i read this book which is very informative.
Thanks a lot.
 Book isn't boring, but needs an editor. August 18, 2008
I really wished I would have researched this book further before purchasing it! The book description really caught my attention because I have read enough boring, overly technical books in my day. I was really hoping this `Brain-Friendly Guide' would be a welcomed alternative.
However, I have only finished 198 pages and have no intention of picking this book up ever again. (Kicking myself firmly for writing in the book, otherwise I could return it) There are several grammatical and technical mistakes for starters.
I spent hours thinking I did something incorrectly, several more hours re-reading chapters because things didn't work as expected. After talking with several experienced C# programmers I was assured that several of these examples were difficult for them to understand and that they didn't understand the logic either.
So with grammatical, technical and logical mistakes I do not view this as a good investment. (Please go to http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514822/errata/ and see all the corrections made for the January and April revisions there is 25 printed pages worth of corrections.)
Sorry O'Reilly and authors. I cannot imagine how difficult it is to write a technical book that isn't boring but I view this as a complete strike out. Hopefully your next at bat will end better.
 Head First C#: beyond what I was looking for! August 12, 2008
This book was beyond what I was looking for at the time when I was looking for a way to learn C#. After having read through most of the book already, I feel that this book is the way to learn C#. Everything is clearly presented in a logical and fun way that doesn't bore like a textbook normally would. However, as with any book, nothing is perfect and there are some good-found errors throughout the book that I have found. BUT! Do not worry about the errors. On the Head First website you can find an error page that shows all the bugs people have found for the book. Also, if you go on the Head First C# forums you can find someone who learned C# from this book and wrote a program that holds all the bugs for each of the editions.
Beyond what I was looking for is right! This book comes with a whole fan base behind it that is ready to help you--they've helped me as a matter of fact. If you go to the head first website, you will find the head first C# forums where the authors actually do come on to help as well as the people learning with you. I was just looking for a book on C# and found a whole wonder of help.
It is that good!!! August 8, 2008
I bought this book based on the reviews already written. I have a library of computer books and they was my third C# book. Simply put, it is as good as everyone says. Follow the plan outlined by the authors and you will learn and quickly. I have already ordered two more head first books and started reading Design Patterns yesterday. From now on, I will always see if a heads first book is available before buying any others.
Useless July 14, 2008
0 out of 9 found this review helpful
Shall it be called "C# for Dummies" or "C# for Managers"? A lot of sales pitch for the brain friendliness and almost zero essence. I work in IT for 30 years and can not imagine working with someone who learned C# by reading this book. This approach may work as introduction to Internet for housewives, but they do not code in C#.
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