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There should be a copy on your bookshelf As others have said, not ideal for anyone new to C#, but a must for those who have got to grips with the basics and who are looking to progress to the next level. Everything from the content to the writing style makes this book almost impossible to put down! The chapters on Garbage Collection, Generics and Asynchronous Programming are superbly written meaning that the reader is not clouded with random fragments of information. The rest of the book is just as good. After reading you will find... more info
Superb; and not afraid to tell it like it is As others have noted: if you're a beginning C# programmer, look elsewhere. Right from the first chapter (which includes IL disassembly!) Richter doesn't compromise. This is a great thing for more experienced developers. Highlights include the (outstanding) chapter on exceptions, explict interface method implementations and threading. Best of all, despite this being a Microsoft Press book, he's not afraid to say that Microsoft was wrong. EIMIs, for instance, have several issues which he discusses... more info
The bestest book around for .NET developers This is just an update of Richter's previous book on .NET Framework but this time written for version 2.0. While I had read the previous book and that was just awesome, I expected it be very good but not having too much new stuff BUT sorry guys, IT IS A MUST HAVE BOOK even if you have already read earlier edition on 1.1. Sometimes you feel that he is picking on things that are trivial in terms of performance, but hey, that is what we developers are for, picking on things that make a difference even if... more info
Thorough, perhaps just not 'the Best' To be honest, I read large parts of the book, but didn't finish it 'cover to cover' yet. Already now though, I can only agree with all other reviewers praising this book for its content. That's even an understatement. So, it's not that I have anything bad to say about this book, but I would like to point out that there's another book on these matters out there that I read (twice) and like better. It's by Don Box and counts about halv the pages, but digs deeper - an advanced book I would say, in which I... more info
