Recommend a c# forms book please

I see three choices for C# Windows.Forms.

1. Petzold - Programming Microsoft Windows with C#
2. Sells - Windows Forms Programming in C#
3. Brown - Windows Forms Programming with C#

Can anyone recommend a best book for a VB guy moving to C#?

Patrick

Mark
Wed May 12 15:42:53 CDT 2004

Hi Patrick. My base knowledge was VB. Upon learning C# I decided to start
from the ground up and completely forget VB.

Firstly I can tell you that I own Chris Sells book. It is very good and has
my recommendation *but* I think if you current have no C# knowledge, I
strongly recommend you buy a book to learn it and it's concepts before you
move onto Windows Forms. I feel I am an infinitely better C# developer than
I ever was with VB because of it.

-If you do need a recommendation for a language book then let me know,
otherwise Sell's book gets 8/10

p.s. I have not read the other books so I cannot give my opinion on those.


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"Patrick Kirk" <pknews@kirks.net> wrote in message
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> I see three choices for C# Windows.Forms.
>
> 1. Petzold - Programming Microsoft Windows with C#
> 2. Sells - Windows Forms Programming in C#
> 3. Brown - Windows Forms Programming with C#
>
> Can anyone recommend a best book for a VB guy moving to C#?
>
> Patrick

Patrick
Thu May 13 03:00:14 CDT 2004

Mark Broadbent wrote:
> Hi Patrick. My base knowledge was VB. Upon learning C# I decided to start
> from the ground up and completely forget VB.
>
Thanks. I've got the C# Step by Step book which is OK.

Mark
Thu May 13 03:27:18 CDT 2004

my favorite is my Osborne "The Complete Reference C#" by Herbert Schildt.
What works for one doesnt always work for another though, I tend to browse a
bookshop these days rather than just hopping straight on Amazon.

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Mark Broadbent
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"Patrick Kirk" <pknews@kirks.net> wrote in message
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> Mark Broadbent wrote:
> > Hi Patrick. My base knowledge was VB. Upon learning C# I decided to
start
> > from the ground up and completely forget VB.
> >
> Thanks. I've got the C# Step by Step book which is OK.

Joerg
Sat May 15 09:02:58 CDT 2004

Patrick Kirk wrote:
> I see three choices for C# Windows.Forms.
>
> 1. Petzold - Programming Microsoft Windows with C#
> 2. Sells - Windows Forms Programming in C#
> 3. Brown - Windows Forms Programming with C#
>
> Can anyone recommend a best book for a VB guy moving to C#?

Unless

a) you care an awful lot about GDI+ (Petzold)
b) you like to have a book that teaches Windows Forms by building a complete
application rather than using many small code samples (Brown)

Sells is the way to go.

Cheers,

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Joerg Jooss
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