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The .NET Languages: A Quick Translation Guide
by Brian Bischof
List Price: $29.95
Our Price: $20.97
ISBN: 1893115488
Publisher: APress (04 December, 2001)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 51,493
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 out of 5
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Rating: 5 out of 5
Excellent to ramp up quickly
At first I was not too sure about the book, thinking it might be another quick book that was just banged out on .NET. I was wrong! This book doesn't waste time. It gets right to the point in getting you up to speed with the main .NET languages (VB.NET and C#). The wonderful thing about it is that it shows you the VB (6 and .NET) and C# syntax side-by-side, so that in one pass, you can learn both languages. I had already been programming with VB.NET for almost a year before I read this book, and I had even done some C# work. Thanks to this book, now I know C# as well as VB.NET, and can easily work both languages. They also have a few "bonus" chapters that show you how to quickly start using things like ADO.NET, and GDI+,-- painting and printing. I was surprised to see something there, since it doesn't directly deal with the language. The bonus chapters aren't a full reference, but they are enough to quickly get you up and running! Bottom line: You want to upgrade to .NET? Read this book.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Not like the other .NET books
I've purchased 7 .NET books so far, and my favorites so far are by Troelsen and Liberty. They both do a great job of teaching you C#. However, this book takes a different approach. Rather than trying to teach you everything about .NET, it focuses on showing you the syntax for the languages. It does it for BOTH languages. What makes it unusual is the way the material is presented. Its concise and to the point. There's no fluff. The beginning of each chapter has a three column table that compares the syntax for VB6, VB.NET and C#. If you know how to program in one language, just find what you want in your current language and look at the next column. It shows you how to do the exact same thing in the other languages. In my opinion, these "conversion" tables are the best part of the book. The rest of the chapter goes into details explaining what the differences are. These explanations were helpful the first time I read them, but I'm really going back to the tables for a refresher of the syntax I forgot.The chapters at the end of the book (forms, COM, ADO.NET, graphics & printing, the Windows registry, dates & times) focus on comparing how to do something that you did in VB6 and showing you how to do it in .NET. This is really dealing with the .NET Framework. I think that if you can't make up your mind which language to learn, then this book could help because you can see where the languages are similar and where they are different. Once you decide which language you like, the syntax tables make a great reference guide.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Don't Waste Your Time
This book ignores major features of the .Net Architecture, and barely acknowledges ASP. It is as if the author has heard about the framework secondhand.
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