Microsoft Visual C# Step by Step 8th Edition

So I will be honest and say I am not all the way through this book yet, but rather am (according to my Kindle) 25% of the way through. I have been working in IT for a while now and decided I wanted to teach myself C# so I could learn to make apps for Windows IoT. So far I have been learning a significant amount, and I finally am getting a strong grasp on object oriented programming thanks to this book, even when for some reason it just would not click with me in the past.This book walks you through hands-on projects and shows you not only how to get the syntax properly, but walks you through core programming concepts, such as conditional programming, object oriented programming and how to thoroughly debug your application. It explains numerous pitfalls that can come up during the development process. Frankly, this is one of the best programming books I have ever read, and I feel like it would be a good book for developers of all skills levels, whether a professional or a complete beginner who has never written a single line of code.

This is a well written book that covers quite a bit of ground in C#. While other reviewers at times have commented that they had difficulty with the sample code, I had none. Virtually all projects compiled perfectly with zero warnings let alone errors - as in zero errors. The book states clearly (or more accurately the errata) what you need to have downloaded. I am running Windows 10 with VS 2015 sp2 community edition. Also I have the AdventureWorks database installed on SQL Server 2014. I only have 6G of RAM on a Toshiba laptopThe ONLY difficulty I had was with Chapter 27 where the NuGet package manager had difficulties with the fact that I was running out of sample code zip-expanded too far down a directory tree. Apparently, it doesn't like full directory paths > a certain number (I think it was 288). So I copied the sample code directory to come off the C:\ drive. Problem disappeared and it compiled cleanly (aside from an unused "e" variable warning).

Message to John Sharp, I'd like to see another book from you. One that is "project-based." Let people learn by doing. Create complete, fully functioning...useful apps. Do you remember..back in the day...the erector sets? You could create fully functional gadgets. That's what I want.Some ideas:PhoneCreate a Windows App to track daily steps.Create app to unlock phone (or one, just to lock touch screen)Create a calculator app that looks exactly like a high end calculator.Create app to store notes, URLs, etc. in, with searchable field.PCCreate app to monitor computer resources.Create app to access and store contacts (with a DB).Create app to access and store music collection, with an accessible web page.I would still recommend buying this book, even though I thought it could be better.

I'm so glad I purchased this book. Seeing how there are so many to choose form, it's hard to even figure out which is the best option for me at this stage. This is a very thorough and detailed book that highlights ALL the steps and the behind the scenes details that makes Visual Studio tick. It's a good amount to read, the book is well over 600 pages long and each page if filled entirely, but it covers so much material and it, most importantly it explains the basic background details that will save you hours of headache down the road. It is exactly what I was hoping for.

I retired early 15 years ago from being a Microsoft Windows Programmer. I wanted to see what was going on in the programming world today so I bought this book and downloaded Visual Studio 2015 Community. Windows programming today is a whole new ballgame from when I left. The tools are amazing and so is C#. The Kindle edition of this book running on my Nexus 9 tablet sitting next to my Microsoft Surface Book computer is really great. I'm very pleased with what John Sharp has done and I love the step-by-step approach John uses in his teaching. I'm really having a lot of fun with this combination.I liked the Kindle edition so much that I ordered the paperback book too, but I sent it back to Amazon as unacceptable. After working with the Kindle edition on my Nexus 9 in glorious color, the paperback book in Black & White was a real letdown. Just try to follow the paperback's Black & White examples trying to see where the "yellow" highlighting and "green" cursors are and try to find the "red" squiggly lines and the "blue" icons. Why on earth would Microsoft Press screw up a great book like this with Black & White when it just cries out to be in color?Don't bother with the more expensive Black & White paperback, get the less expensive Kindle edition and have full color.

This book is organized just like its predecessor, "Microsoft Visual C# 2013 Step by Step." You can verify this by using Amazon's Look Inside feature and examining the Table of Contents. I mention this only because this edition looks so much different than the previous. I am puzzled, for example, why Microsoft marks this as an "Advanced" text, while the previous edition is "Intermediate." Frankly, it seems more like a good beginner book (for a mature reader), since it goes to some trouble to explain basic concepts such as namespaces. I am using it to teach programming to our highschooler on a Windows 10 machine and Microsoft's (free) Visual Studio Community Edition.

There is not exemple almost. It is more Theoretical. It is expendive but it did not help me. It would be nice to have a dvd with examples for each chapter.