Beginners book for .NET and C#? [closed]

Question

I want to do a project where I build a database-aware program with a front end using .NET with C#.

I am totally new to this language. Can anyone recommend a good resource? Perhaps an online PDF version of a book?

Answer 1

there is some free books to begin with:

C#

• .NET Book Zero: What the C or C++ Programmer Needs to Know About C# and the .NET Framework
• Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in C#
• Threading in C#

Answer 2

This blog post has three good books used for teaching: http://www.robmiles.com/c-yellow-book/

Answer 3

There are many awesome books for C# beginers. You can use "HeadFirst C#" or "Begining C#" to give a start. Once you get hands on practice on C#, then you can try "Illustrated C# 2008" and/or "Inside C#" books. These books does not cover all the features of C#, but these will give you detailed description of features of C#.

Answer 4

For C#:

1. CLR via C#
2. C# in depth from our own nice guy.

Answer 5

Anything by Mike Murach & Associates, Inc. I have his books on JSP and Servlets, Sql Server, and Javascript. These are some of the best programming books I have read. Here is a link to his .NET books:

http://www.murach.com/books/vba.htm

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