Beginning C# 2008 From Novice to Professional by Christian Gross pdf

The first computer programming book I read was entitled Programming Windows 3.0 by 
Charles Petzold. This was around the time when Microsoft Windows 3.0 (circa 1992) once and 
for all showed the industry that Microsoft was a company with a future. Writing code for Windows 
back then was complicated by many things: lack of documentation, 16-bit architecture, and the 
necessity of buying a compil er separate from the software developm ent kit (SDK). Charles’s 
book tied everything together and solved the problem of how  to write a program for Windows.
Now the problems are quite the opposite: we have too much documentation, we have 
64-bit architectures, and everything in cluding the kitchen sink is thrown into a development 
environment. Now we need to figure out what we actually need. We have too many options—too 
many ways to solve the same problem. What I am trying to do with this  book is the same thing 
that Charles did for me when I first started out, and that was to help me figure out what I needed 
to write code. 
This book is about explaining the C# programming language in the context of solving prob-
lems. C# has become a sophisticated programming language that can achieve many goals, but
 
you are left wondering what techniques  to use when. This book is here to answer your questions.
This book is not a reference to all of the features of the C#  programming language. I don’t 
explain the esoteric C# features. I stick to the C# programming features that you will use day 
in and day out. That does not mean that you will be missing certain C#  programming language 
constructs, because I have cover ed all of the major features. 
To get the full benefit of this book, I suggest that you do the exercises at the end of the chapters. 
The answers are available on the Apress web site (http://www.apress.com), and you can cheat 
and not do the exercises, but I advise against that. 
If you are a beginning programmer who has no clue about C#, and you read this book 
and do the exercises, I am almost entirely sure that you will be a solid and knowledgeable C# 
programmer by the end of the book. If that sounds like a big promise, well, yes it is. The chapter 
text is intended to get you acquainted with the C# programming language and how to apply its 
features. The exercises are intended to make sure you actually understand the C# programming 
language and its features. 
The chapter exercises are challenging. They cannot be solved within a few minutes. In fact, 
when I did all of the exercises, it took me five working-hour days to do all of them! 
If you have any questions, such as, “So what was he tr ying to get at wi th that exercise?” I am 
available on Skype with the user ID  christianhgross. Please don’t just ring me. First chat using 
text, and if necessary, we can have a voice conversat ion. Also, you can send e-mail to me at