Microsoft Visual C# .NET Language Reference
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Book Description
Get official documentation, including descriptions of all major features, for Microsoft Visual C# .NET-the modern, object-oriented language that balances productivity with power for building a wide range of applications for the Microsoft .NET platform. In its printed form, this information is portable, easy to use, and easy to browse-a comprehensive alternative to the substantial online help system in Visual C# .NET Standard software. Get the technical details you need to work with Visual C# .NET types, modifiers, statements, method parameters, namespaces, keywords, XML documentation, attributes, and preprocessor directives.
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3 out of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Useful reference guide, but not for beginnersWednesday, February 09, 2005
If you are looking for a book that nicely summarizes the C# language into a (non-MSDN) text, then this does a good job. It is well organized and keywords, functions, statements, etc are easy to find and cross-reference. The sample code is relatively useful, but sometimes challenging to figure out. I'd therefore recommend this book for intermediate-to-experienced C# developers.
10 out of 27 people found the following review helpful:
more than just usefulTuesday, October 21, 2003
The trend of putting help and documentation online is not a bad idea per se, it's certainly cheaper for development houses than printing expensive paper manuals. But, although the capability for the 'paperless' office is here, the office itself isn't. This is because printed material is still the most versatile way for people to use and handle.
Online helps and references are sometimes like mazes, in that you chase a topic in a big circle until you get back to the beginning. They are great for overview and organization, lousy for hunting specifics. In addition, unless you have a laptop, you can't curl up in bed and read.
While it's true that everything in the printed reference is already in online help I've always found it convenient to also acquire the printed documentation. It's easier to park a specific page open and refer to it than to hop from one screen to another. Snippets of example code serve to illustrate the practical implementations of various C# elements.