Re: best book for complete newbie on C#

With respect, I have to disagree. I am a professional IT Instructor and
have been teaching .NET since its inception. I can tell you that IMHO it is
best to learn OO Programming concepts first (non-language specific), .NET
Framework fundamentals (value type, reference type, stack, heap, GC,
Namespaces, Assemblies, primitive types, etc.) and finally a particular
programming language.

I teach a 1 day lecture course that is just on what .NET is and specifics of
the .NET Framework to newbies just learning programming or new to OO
programming. This works well so that when they arrive for the next courses,
which are hands-on, they have a clue as to what the language they are about
to learn is going to help them do. Adults learn best when they can see how
what they are doing fits into the big picture.

-Scott


"clintonG" <csgallagher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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For those with no previous programming experience its best to learn the
programming language first with little to no involvement with the .NET
Framework.

I've taught in the classroom and I've purchased and used many of the books
others mention and many are in fact not bad but are seriously lacking in
structured learning methodologies used by trained and experienced
educators.

I recommend you order for review from a Barnes & Noble one or two of the
textbooks from the father and son team of Deitel & Deitel [1]. These are
actual textbooks used in schools and universities and are pricey so order
and review to see what I mean. These textbooks are foolproof learning
tools and if you do the excercises you will learn the C# programming
language.

<%= Clinton Gallagher
NET csgallagher AT metromilwaukee.com
URL http://clintongallagher.metromilwaukee.com/
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[1] http://deitel.com/



"POLKO" <POLKO@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi! thank for response to my questions on learning curve. Now another
thing - NEVER had any experience with programming, zero. What book/s
could You recommend. I started with Programmer's Introduction by
Gunnerson, but I am more ready for complete lack of programming skills
introduction. One more thing, I am using C # 2005 from MS to learn this.
Thanks again for all your help.





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