[Mono-list] Beginner C# Book

billg billg@f-m.fm
Thu, 26 Aug 2004 18:57:38 -0400


On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 21:50:24 +0100, "Paul" <paul@all-the-johnsons.co.uk>
said:
> On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 22:31 -0500, Carl Olsen wrote:
> > I have two recommendations, Mono Kickstart (Sams) 
> 
> NO. It's way out of date now and really isn't a very good book. (what a
> suprise, a Sams book which isn't very good)
> 
> > Beginning Visual C# (Wrox).
> 
> Another not amazing book.

I picked up and started Sams "C# Primer". It dates from 2001, but it
seems to be taking a nice, slow, make-no-assumptions approach.

Wrox books are full of obvious typoes, even in second editions and
later. Who proofreads their stuff?