The C# Player's Guide (3rd Edition) Paperback – 13 Mar. 2016

This book touches on all foundation subjects and introduces a few intermediate topics towards the end..what makes it so good is that it focussed on getting you to complete challenges at the end of each chapter, really cementing the knowledge..I’d guess that the newer book (Fifth Edition) is just as good.Really worth while for beginners

C# is the very language I've started learning so programming is new to me. I've struggled to learn via Udemy and YouTube because listening to someone explain it just doesn't land well with me. However reading lets me absorb it better. And this book is so well written, it explains it casually whilst also going into quite a bit of detail. The best part is that its written as one big game / RPG system with levelling up which really encourages you to not only keep track of where you are but also encourages you to progress and get to the next level and learn more. Highly recommend.

Have just started to study C#, and at first, I was reluctant to buy a book to learn programming as books go out of date and languages get updated fairly frequently. However, I’m so glad I went and bought it. the author has a way of explaining and simplifying concepts which make it so much easier to remember. You can tell a lot of work has gone into writing this book, and it shows too. Definitely worth the money

Like many I was a little put off by the cover image but this is probably the best book regarding C# that I have bought.The content is phenomenal from the detailed descriptions to the code samples and explanations, the way the challenges are put forward is both smart in its execution and engaging.If you're looking for a book that covers C#, this is it. It's for both beginners and those that are already on their journey.

This book was recommended to me by my lecturer in my first year of university when I was struggling grasping programming. He said this is the book he seems to find help students the most with C#.. and boy did it !It covers everything you need to need know from the very basics to the more intermediate and slightly more advanced techniques.I loved the book so much during the first year of my computer science degree that I kept renewing the library check out for it throughout the entire year and have now bought a copy as it just should sit in your collection as a programmer in my opinion.It took me from struggling to understand the fundamentals of programming when I was starting out to getting a pretty solid grasp and allowing me to progress. If that’s not worth the asking price I don’t know what is from a programming book.

Parts 1 and 2 on the basics are very, very good - 5 stars. Part 3 onwards (about one third of the way through) nose-dives into a generally 3 star standard.A great deal of effort has clearly gone into explaining the basics of the language in Parts 1 and 2 - programming in general, variables, arrays, conditions, loops and the like - and there's a particularly good explanation of the difference between 'reference variables' and 'value variables' and the use of the stack/heap, perhaps the clearest I've ever read.But from Part 3 onwards, starting with object orientation, the explanations are not so clear; re-inforcing examples are less frequent; and there are many sentences (perhaps even dozens) that have simply not been checked for grammar. It's meant that I've had to look up a lot of stuff online before I've understood it, although perversely I've probably learnt more thoroughly that way because I've had to work hard to get the information!My overall feel is that this is a very good writer, with a flair for explaining things well. In fact there ARE spots from part 3 onwards where you the original inspired writing. But something went wrong. Maybe he ran out of time, or some over-zealous editor chopped half his examples away to squeeze it into 300-odd pages.For £18.98 I'd more or less recommend it, but with the caveat that you should be prepared to put a lot of work in yourself to tease out full information about object orientation and advanced topics generally.

Excellent book for beginners for learning how to program as well as learn the basics of c#. However if you know c++ or java then this book doesn't add anything, the syntax and some new features can be found off the net and book doesn't really delve into developing apps and using any .Net features.