Starting out with Visual C#

This book is excellent, but some text is difficult to read... "then press the <icon for key> key on the keyboard" where the text of the icon is too small to read. Use the online version instead of the printed version if your eyesight isn't excellent.As a college instructor, I strongly recommend both reading the text and doing the hands-on exercises, coding along with the text. The publisher, Pearson, also has a website with videos you can use if you get stuck. Very good. Typically, students miss an instruction as they are reading, so consider using a ruler to keep your focus. Use undo or go back to a previous version or start over if you have problems, or watch the videos and do the exercise along with the video.Chegg online has written answers to this book, and the back of the book has Review answers. Check your answers for complete comprehension.Once you are completely done with the book, but only after you have done all of it, text and hands on, then sign up for Microsoft Dev Essentials to get free time on Pluralsight.com which provides a test on most subjects to find out where you are between Novice and Expert. Don't waste your money and time on Pluralsight before you complete the book, you can't do two things at the same time.The book will give you a solid foundation, but probably not enough to get a job... remember, this book is called "Starting Out with...". Wish there was an advanced book to read after this. There is a lot more to learn. Go to Pluralsight and look at the prerequisites for what you want to learn to see all that you still need to learn, but wait until you finish this book first. You need a good foundation and this book is the easiest way to accomplish that.Download Visual Studio Community edition, free and required for this course and really excellent - the book will walk you through this. Don't worry that you are downloading a newer version than the book, Microsoft adds excellent things you will want to have, but seldom gets rid of past features of Visual Studio, so it will be easy to follow along with the book. If you are going to continue in your C# adventure you will probably want to keep this book. So take notes in it, and add notes on features you find in Visual Studio that the book doesn't cover. Visual Studio and C# have been out a long time, and major updates are out every two years, 2019 is the next, and minor revisions are already available for this 2017 version.Best of luck in your C# adventure! It's lots of fun!!! and a top notch product together with Visual Studio. We're so lucky that both are free, and have such a great book to learn them. Enjoy!

I used this book for an entry level community college class and it was great. If you're new to programming I wouldn't start here though; you first have to understand how a website works with/and connects to a database. Here's how I learned: 1. I downloaded a web server and database to my computer (apache and mysql are free and work together) 2. I built a simple website using html and css. 3. I used the python programming language (or you could use c#, but it's harder) to connect your website and database. Once I figured that out (using books, websites and YouTube videos) I was able to grasp the major web programming concepts and move on to c#.

The book was well worn but hey gets the job done for what I need for college.

I rent several books a semester and this one is by far the worst condition. it serves it's purpose however, there are a lot of markings throughout the book. It is a bit distracting while I am looking through the exercises and reading the chapters. I am disappointed in this condition of the book but again, it is expected to as a rental.

The book was used for my college class and was awesome. Please waive the late fees. There was a mix up on which amazon account the book was ordered from. I returned the book today. Please understand.

This is a great book that lays a solid foundation for future programming classes. It is written in a way that makes it easier to understand than other programming books. The video examples on the companion website are also very helpful. I will keep this textbook for reference.

such a useful book，and i get it on time！

The book offers great techniques for coding in C++, however it is vastly over priced. The knowledge that this book gives is easily obtainable elsewhere, for a fraction of the cost.