✅ just got visual c# step by step by john sharp 2022 release, anyone else?
would like to hear some peoples thoughts on this book.
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its by john sharp so he must know what hes talking about
I've never read it, and I dislike the name. The original publishing is 2005, there have been updates since then. I don't personally buy programming language books as a learning resource for a number of reasons:
- cost
- reliability of information
- audience mismatch (beginning vs intermediate vs pro for instance)
- the material rapidly ages out
- Published errata later on
These problems aren't exclusive to programming books either, I just feel like the embodiment of these problems and the consequences thereof is of a higher degree with books.
There are some exceptions likely, people are great fans of https://prodotnetmemory.com/ and others
Some books are arguably terrible.
Of some fame is the "yellow book" which has a number of hot takes like
always ignore the zeroth index of an array.
All that being said, if you like learning from books this book, visual c#, has a number of editions, I'd try to ensure you're getting the most recent edition, or the edition most relevant to your circumstances.i prefer to use a physical form of something, its more easier to learn when its in sight and in mind, so that being said it definitely outweighs the cons for me, the release was from 2022. and is for developer reference, so i do feel like it could be of use further down the line, but i definitely need to find some beginner or intermediate books to clarify over certain things
WHat's the "yellow book"?
I'm also like this. Do you have an ISBN for the book you're reading?
Yes they come with the book
It's called step by step visual c# by John sharp 10th edition released in 2022
$yellowbook
https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp/tutorials/intro-to-csharp/index (also try $helloworld next time :popcornowo:)
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@Fine Action. hey how are you finding this book?
It's good but , definitely pair it with the c# players guide
If you look up about them u can get a 10 page pdf preview or so
did you try the yellow book? Lot of people here shitting on it but it seemed quite clean
The yellow book?
Also tbf I haven't been learning much ive just been working on different ways to use logic and shi
And creating random things then referring to Google if I don't know how to do something
https://www.robmiles.com/c-yellow-book this one. Everyone seems to joke about it but I dont see why.
im near the start myself, just learned the c# primitives, logic and system commands. Need a book to explain things like OOP as ive never done that before.
robmiles.com
C# Yellow Book — robmiles.com
Yeah don't think I'll get the yellow book but thanks. I've also let you know my answer to your question already
keep that attitude to yourself, you weren't being asked a question.
Good luck buddy
Your not even funny
That's a bit rude, don't you think?
@mtreit
I would like to request your thoughts on this if it's not too much trouble.
My takeaway from what I've read in the book and from what others have said is that it contains some bad advice, and also does not really move past the trivial.
Found some
That book is awful.
Yeah your "greatest hits" snaps convinced me also. This is terrible.
yeah no offense but if you're "near the start" you probably don't have deep enough knowledge to accurately judge the material you're recommending
everyone jokes about it because it teaches you many bad practices
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Guy was a troll