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CLR Via C#: Applied .NET Framework 2.0 Programming | 
 enlarge | Author: Jeffrey Richter (wintellect)
Publisher: MICROSOFT PRESS
Category: Book
List Price: £42.49
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 12174
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 736
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.2
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 7.3 x 1.8
ISBN: 0735621632
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.133
EAN: 9780735621633
ASIN: 0735621632
Publication Date: February 1, 2006
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 There should be a copy on your bookshelf June 15, 2008
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 yourself saying 'so thats how it works' which for a reference book is excellent.
Order a copy now, you will not be dissapointed!
Superb; and not afraid to tell it like it is November 10, 2007
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 in depth. Likewise the approach to exception handling preferred by FxCop isn't quite the same as the one he prefers.
Now that .NET 3.5 / Visual Studio 2008 is on the horizon, I'd like to see edition 3: I'd be willing to bet that there's subtleties in LINQ and some of the other new C# syntaxes that need his clarity. A supplement might be best, though, as I'd not want to see any material removed from this outstanding book.
The bestest book around for .NET developers September 4, 2007
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 they are small.
One word for junior developers: you might find it too detailed and certainly it is not a reference of the language, though it is the most commonly referred to book I have ever read.
In one word, he is the master of the game and I thoroughly recommend it to you!!
Look forward to the one on .NET 3.0 and 3.5!
 Thorough, perhaps just not 'the Best' August 20, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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 found almost no mistakes.
So I recommend to check out 'Essential .NET, Volume I: The Common Language Runtime' on occasion. It's the reason that I took off 1 star when rating this book.
If you develop in C#, you should own this book! March 19, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Dont buy this book if you want an introduction to C#, but if you are a expereinced C# developer that wants indepth CLR/C# information explained in a clear and concise manner then Jeff Richter does a great job in clearly articulating his suject matter.
This is one of the best books I have seen on C# for a long time.
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