Ask HN: Any good .NET books?

9 points by francoisdevlin 15y ago ↗ HN

I'm looking for resources to learn C# & the .NET platform. I've got a lot of experience with Java, Ruby & Clojure. I'm interested in anything from "C# in 21 days" to works about how to write a CLR language compiler. What books and other stuff can HN recommend?

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humblegeek 15y ago ↗

Try: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/531329/best-c-book-for-an...

Personal Recommendation (after learning the language) http://www.amazon.com/CLR-Via-C-Pro-Developer/dp/0735621632

andrewhare 15y ago ↗

I would check out these books: C# in a Nutshell (http://www.amazon.com/C-4-0-Nutshell-Definitive-Reference/dp...) CLR via C# (http://www.amazon.com/CLR-via-Dev-Pro-Jeffrey-Richter/dp/073...) C# in Depth (http://www.amazon.com/Depth-What-you-need-master/dp/19339883...)

blangblang 15y ago ↗

I'll gladly second Jon Skeet's 'C# in Depth'. The second edition is currently available through MEAP @ http://www.manning.com/skeet2/, with the print edition coming in September.

dnunes 15y ago ↗

Definitely Don Box's Essential .NET (http://www.amazon.com/Essential-NET-Common-Language-Runtime/...). For the concurrency aspect I recommend Joe Duffy's Concurrent Programming on Windows (http://www.amazon.com/Concurrent-Programming-Windows-Joe-Duf...).

anelson 15y ago ↗

Consider this another vote for Richter's "CLR Via C#" http://www.amazon.com/CLR-via-Dev-Pro-Jeffrey-Richter/dp/073...

Get the latest edition, covering .NET 4. The chapters on concurrency and I/O alone are worth the price of admission.

jeroen 15y ago ↗

Scott Guthrie's weblog: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/

__Joker 15y ago ↗

I will say Scott Guthrie is more focussed towards the ASP.NET. But his blogs are really good.

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bosch 15y ago ↗

First I'd recomend learning about Visual Studio as if you don't know about the IDE it can slow and even impede your programming. Wrox's Professional Visual Studio 2010: http://www.amazon.com/Professional-Visual-Studio-2010-Progra...

Second, I'd say that for a general book that's informative and not too hard to learn use Wrox's Professional C# 4 and .Net 4. I prefer Wrox books as they are usually the same format book to book and most have you complete a project to practice what you're learning: http://www.amazon.com/Professional-4-0-NET-Wrox-Programmer/d...

Depending on what you're using for your data store I'd also suggest reading up on ADO.NET 4 but I don't have any experience with books on that topic so perhaps someone can suggest some.

i386 15y ago ↗

I recommend the "Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries" book.

http://www.amazon.com/Framework-Design-Guidelines-Convention...

rufius 15y ago ↗

Best one for really understanding the CLR and .NET is Jeff Richter's "CLR via C#".