Is MSDN website sufficient for C# self-learning?

Question

I know there are plenty of books on C#, but I'd rather learn by reading articles/guides and watching video tutorials. Would Microsoft's MSDN website be enough to teach myself C# in depth?

Thank you.

**Update*:*

@Jon Skeet: Thanks for your honest answer. I might just do that then, - I'll get Table of Contents from a C# .NET book and then go through each topic on MSDN.

Thanks again to all of you. I wish I could mark everyone's answer.

Answer 1

All the information is there, yes. Heck, the C# specification is available there, so that's all you need, in theory.

However - and I'm biased as the author of a C# book, of course - I believe that books add value by giving you a structured learning experience. Authors put a lot of time into working out the order in which to introduce concepts so that it makes the most sense.

Of course you could just take the table of contents from a C# book and then look up bits of MSDN in that order - but a good book will lead you through in a more orderly manner, building on examples and areas you've learned before rather than treating each one individually.

Answer 2

IMHO this will depend on your general programming level. If this is your first encounter with programming I think that a book would be better than MSDN. If on the other hand you have experience with similar technologies such as Java there's no reason MSDN wouldn't be enough as it contains extensive documentation, many tutorials and samples.