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alivingspirit:
Hi Everybody. I was just wondering if anybody read any good books on C# lately. I am taking a C# course next semester and I'm looking for a book that's comprehensive but I'm also interested in application-specific books if they are really good.

MilesAhead:
No matter what C++ programming books you get with concrete examples, you should have the bible on the shelf.  Not only to nail down how a particular feature of the language is supposed to work, but it gets into a bit of why it was done that way:

http://www2.research.att.com/~bs/3rd.html

wraith808:
Ummm... he said C# :)

I've been purchasing the manning books as of late, and all of them have been good.

I can recommend without reservation

* C# in Depth
* Windows Forms in Action
Also of note are Essential C# 3.0 and Professional C# 2008.

mouser:
C# 4.0 In A Nutshell looks quite good too.

MilesAhead:
Ummm... he said C# :)

-wraith808 (April 29, 2010, 08:55 PM)
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My eyes must have crossed or something. It sure looked like ++ to me.
Anyway it wouldn't hurt. It's basically C++ with garbage collection and a bunch of other stuff swiped from Java and Smalltalk.

edit: other than books this is an excellent resource:
http://www.codeproject.com/

I don't go in much for buying books anymore.. just hunt down the docs on the web.  The only C# book I have on hand is 8 years old.  Chris Sells Windows Forms Programming in C# probably only available in the bargain bin or the public library. :)  It was good in its time to get the basics for form/dialog programming though.

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