Thread: C# Book

I'm likely going to pick up a C# book today. My first text on C#. I'm doing this because I recieved $50.00 Cnd ($35.00 US) in certificates from my local book store outlet, indigo.ca

I guess I'm growing away from this place, but I'll likely program in C++ and C# simultaneously for about a year. I was actually finally hoping to create a non graphics game or else textual graphics now that I know OOP. Damn, I really need to learn some graphics programming, but I think it would be wise to learn more OOP first! Oh well. Surely I'll get Petzold's "Windows Programming in C#' in January.

Did you try VB.NET yet? How do you like VS.NET beta 2? I thought it was quite good. I think that the thing to learn would be the .NET class framework library because you can use it with any language and it is a system API.

i looked at a book on C# yesterday to confirm my suspicions and they were confirmed, C# is Java with a new name...

C# is Java with a new name...

Great, it won't take much for you to start using C# than!

It will take me years just to explore the .NET IDE. Some things that I noticed immediately was the dynamic help and the window tabs. It's way easier to tab through windows than it was with VC++6. Also it is easier to add files to the current workspace. I have no idea what half the stuff does. I should get a book on the IDE but I have not seen a book like that yet. Definately going to get a .NET related text today though.

KEN you should also try to learn some OOP because if there is one thing that is certain, the VS.NET class libraries are dedicated to supporting OOP programming and infact even VB.NET has moved toward C++ in design. Actually OOP is easier to work with than procedural programming. The fundamentals are encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism. C++ is quite good for learning this, but maybe C# will be too.

Okay I picked up a couple C# beginner books. If I have any code questions I'll submit on the C++ board.

>>MS is EVIL


Funny until you think about it....

It seems that M$ are ascending above any corporate goals. The idea that I would trust my personal info with Redmond and they would control who has access to my info like some information bank is ludicrous on initial inspection, but it seems that this is a goal. At this point they are no longer a corporate entity seeking commerce, they are more on a par with a government. Unelected and unavoidable.

I have stated previously that I admire some of their products, but the stigma of their intentions is always there and it will be harder felt as the next few years roll by.

>>Look throughout history...all the "great" empires fell - the Greeks, the Romans, the British - surely the Microsoft Empire will fall eventually.



And all of those left a massive legacy.....

What will be M$'s leftovers?