C# 2012 for Programmers (Deitel Developer Series) 5th Edition, Kindle Edition

Good book. However, at the time of writing, March 22, 2020, the source code for the examples in this book are not posted. SIMILAR code is available (see C#6 How to Program) but not the exact code from this book. The publisher could easily do this. But hasn't.

I'm currently finishing up the summer class that uses this book. I admit some of it was a little overkill as far as how things are broken down but my class went though the first 20% of the book before the end of the first week. I would say that anyone can learn something from this book and I will be keeping it for years. Because of how simply things are put, I find that I learn more quickly and even if I space out some of the lecture I can catch up by just reading the book. However, if you want really advanced, detailed material this is not for you. I'm taking my class as a senior and most of the class is a breeze because of this book. I will probably pick up Deitel's C++ book to get back on the horse with that language as I haven't done serious programming in it in over a year and a half.

Believe it or not, I was the only one in my C# class that had this in digital medium. Catch up, gang!I still have and use this book.

Everything you'd expect from a Deitel book. I admit I have not gone through it cover to cover but it so thorough and direct. Deitel books generally take this approach of showing the big picture and narrowing it down to a molecular level. That's why the books are so large, there is very little fluff here.Also contains advice and best practices that taught this veteran quite a bit.

I purchased this book because it's required by a C# online class for my wife. Usually I don't buy books for computer science because they're expensive and a lot of info could be found from internet. But after reading it, I would say it is a great book for beginner and intermediate level user. With it I assisted my wife understand a lot of fundamental knowledge of C# step by step. I learned a lot from it too.

The kindle version is useless. There are literally no page numbers making basic navigation of the book tedious and time consuming, and it isn't even compatible with the desktop application.

This book continues to hold up the good name of its authors in making first-rate didactic (in the most positive sense) materials. Experienced programmers can master C# in a painless way be working--not only reading--through the book, and can even afford to only skim the parts dealing with aspects of the language already well-mastered.

The book covers wide variety of topics. It may occasionally feel like jumping around a bit, but this is not a text book, so it is expected to have each chapter to dive into one topic. Overall, the book was great, serves as a great reference, but is also good for self-study (although a regular text book with exercises would be better for that).Still, analyzing and following the sample code on your own gives you an opportunity to learn a lot.

I've bought this product after buying a couple other C# books and having experience with Deitel's book "Java How to Program, 9th ed". I was not disappointed. The signature Deitel approach is there, meaning exercises where each new element is highlighted and elaborately explored. Chapters are concise, but at the same time not too much so. Each discusses a topic and also references where in the book you'll expand your knowledge of things of which only the surface is skimmed at first.The book advertises to be for programmers, however i reckon quite a few experienced programmers will find that the beginning chapters go in too much detail. Explaining how an IF ELSE statement works for example, or a SWITCH. And yet i find that to be a good thing. Those chapters are quickly digested, but they give you the certainty that you have the basics down in a C# way. To give but one example: coming from Java it was interesting to note that there's no fall-through allowed in the C# Switch statement. It's a small thing, but every language has subtle, yet important, differences and having a detailed chapter on the basics means you avoid hours of frustration afterwards as you search for that small mistake you made because you didn't know it was a mistake.There's two things that keep me from giving it a 5* rating:1. the very disappointing lack of exercises and control questions which i so highly appreciated in the "Java How to Program" book. I'm sure that there's many programmers out there who reckon they can learn a language without much exercises or control questions. I for one prefer to learn a new language thoroughly and also do exercises on every part of it. The best way to learn to code is to practice. And control questions are a scientifically proven study method that greatly aides in memorising theory.2. the choice to print in black and white only. It's far more visually appealing to have a book where the code & highlighting is in colour.Both of these concerns are addressed in the Visual C# 2012 How to Program book. But they do make for a book that's twice as expensive which is too high an extra cost in my opinion (even though i reckon it's worth the extra cost and wish i had bought that one rather then the programmers version).

Very Good

Questo è un buon testo, ma la dicitura "for Programmers" potrebbe trarre in inganno chi stesse cercando un testo avanzato.Si tratta invece di un buon testo didattico che presenta in modo semplice il linguaggio, utile per un lettore che non sia digiuno di programmazione ma abbia bisogno di dare una bella rinfrescata alle caratteristiche generali del C# senza bisogno di scendere in dettagli che solo in testi più specializzati si potrebbero trovare.Ha soddisfatto pienamente le mie necessità, dandomi la visione d'insieme che mi serviva per colmare alcune lacune in certe aree del linguaggio con cui nel tempo non avevo avuto molto a che fare, ma è da considerare un testo didattico e niente di più.Consigliato come materiale di tipo generico e come materiale di riferimento, ma sconsigliato a chi cerchi "trucchi da smanettone" perché qui non ne troverà.

El contenido es bastante pobre. Supongo que los libros ya no son útiles en el entorno de aprendizaje de programación.

Good book, easy to understand.