Re: From VB to C# - anyone know of a good book?

Hi Mike.

On 2/8/07, Mike Andrews <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is there a particular reason why?

Mainly to broaden my skillset; I'm comfortable with VB but I'd like to
see if C# offers some better/different ways of doing things.  Also it
would widen the choice of roles when looking for work and increase my
earning potential.

<snip>

>  I believe the reason that the perception is that C# is "better" is that VB
> is still viewed as a substandard way of accomplishing programming tasks and
> that could not be further from the truth.  VB is just as viable a
> programming solution for development as C#.

Yes, this is a widespread myth and it's good to see VB being taken
more seriously in it's .NET guise.

> As far as a book for C#, these I would highly recommend; I own these and
> they have been a tremendous help.  You must remember, however, that they may
> be called "C#", but they're Framework books and the examples (for the most
> part) will apply regardless of language.  These books do have a counterpart
> for VB as well.
>
>
> Pro ASP.NET 2.0 in C# 2005
>  Matthew MacDonald and Mario Szpuszta
>
> C# 2005 and the .NET 2.0 Platform
>  Andrew Troelsen
>
> Pro .NET 20.0 Windows Froms and Custom Controls in C#
>  Matthew MacDonald
>
> Windows Form 2.0 Programming
>  chris Sells and Michael Weinhardt
>
> Professional C# 2005
>  (too many authors to name)

Cheers Mike, and thanks to Peter for his reply too.

> On 2/2/07, Ben Joyce <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all.
> >
> > I've decided to start learning C# and also practice more OO
> > programming.  Does anyone have any book recommendations?  I'm an
> > experienced VB developer so I'm guessing beginner-level might be a
> > waste, but perhaps I need to unlearn my VB ways to learn C# the
> > correct way?
> >
> > I hope that makes sense!
> >
> > Any help appreciated.
> >
> > Ben
> >
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