Murach's C# 2015 ed.th Edition

I've never met a Murach's book I didn't love! As always, this Murach C# book greeted me with the normal "left-page/right-page" format, which I find helpful. In case you're not familiar with this format, these books will break down topics into bite-sized pieces and cover them with paragraph-form explanation on the left page and show example code of the same concept on the right page.This is nice for a few reasons. First, you can gain a conceptual understanding of a topic by reading the left pages and then reinforce the concepts by coding the right page examples that are given. At the end of the chapters, you will have problems where you have the opportunity to put everything from the previous pages together. Oftentimes, what I find is that I THOUGHT I had a complete understanding of everything after reading the left pages and then immediately coding it, but then found myself having to go back to review things again when doing the problems... which basically told me that this extra practice was obviously necessary. The best thing about going back for reference is you will find that you really only look at the right-pages at this point. This is what makes Murach books great instructors on the first read and excellent reference into the future.

I've read other books on C# before purchasing this one. Knowledge of programming comes with ongoing study and practice. Because of that, I knew some C# before reading this book. The intent of the book is to teach C# programming as well as creating applications that make use of Windows Forms. Both are presented to the reader in well written prose that I've found easy to comprehend. In addition, the authors don't hold back from discussing coding principles that may seem trivial or common sense, that sometimes are never really emphasized in other books but should be.For beginners, keep in mind that all the code you will write in this book will need to use Windows Forms, which is the intent of the book. Some other books that teach C# don't make use of Windows Forms and all the code you write is meant to run on the Console, which essentially is a DOS shell. Beginners may find that approach easier, since your not also trying to learn Windows Forms. But this book gently introduces Windows Forms at the very beginning and guides you step by step. I really think the authors put a lot of time into this book and I think it is of high quality, and I recommend it.

The teaching style of this book is great. Things are explained very clearly and thoroughly. There are plenty of relevant pictures and code examples. Great for beginners who may not have the knowledge and experience that some books assume. My only grips is that it uses Windows Forms Apps, would have gotten 5 stars if it was using web apps, who writes desktop apps anymore? Aren't we doing everything in a browser now? It was written in 2015, maybe they'll write an updated version that uses web apps for everything instead?

This book did exactly what I wanted. It got me off the ground programming in C#. I had reasonably in depth background in VBA, and I was actually surprised at how much of that knowledge transferred to this.If I am being honest, I don't use it that much as a reference, but it has been invaluable teaching me the fundamentals and what I need to be looking for. From there I look at specific examples I find online that directly relate to what I am doing at the time.If I could do it all over again, I would definitely still buy this book.

I just finished getting through the book (this is my first Murach book). For starters, I really like the format of the book. It made it easy to understand the material as I was going through it. And speaking of material in the book, it covers a lot. After going through the entire book, I feel it will make a good reference for any future projects I may encounter. I highly recommend this book for those wanting an introduction to C# programming, .NET, and Windows Form development.

Computer books in general come and go relatively quickly, but there are certain books in my personal library that I keep permanently because they contain good information regardless of software version, or because they're great for reference and learning. This is one of those books. There are some concepts that I've struggled with in learning C# in the past, but this book often explains those concepts in very understandable terms. Because I come from more of a VB forms programming background, I like the way this book uses forms as examples instead of the console examples most other sources seem to rely on. You're actually producing something as an end product as you go through the chapters, and you can then use that knowledge to go off into other directions, such as web development. Great book.

This book is awesome! I recommend it anyone new to programming like myself. Pick this up as it has great info and is a great reference book. Loved how the author used forms to teach the language. It was good for me because I got to see what I was making. I read about half way and skipped around after that. Tho quite simple, I successfully built my first application that’s being used at work :) I plan to pick up another murach book to build on my current knowledge. Good luck!

I had a misunderstanding of what the book encapsulated. Probably a good book, but I donated it to my local library.