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.