Head First C#: A Learner’s Guide to Real-World Programming with C# and .NET
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Go from beginner to confident developer as you create apps, games, and real-world projects using C#, .NET 9, and Visual Studio. With this engaging, visual guide, you’ll master object-oriented programming, build 3D games in Unity, harness the power of LINQ for data queries, and learn to leverage AI tools in your development, through puzzles, hands-on exercises, and practical projects that stick. Dive right in and build a cross-platform game in chapter one using C# and .NET MAUI–running on Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS. Our readers have become professional developers, team leads, and coding streamers. No experience needed–just bring your desire to learn. This is where your coding journey begins.
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If you’ve read a Head First book, you know what to expect: a visually rich format designed for the way your brain works. If you haven’t, you’re in for a treat. With this book, you’ll learn C# through a multisensory experience that engages your mind–rather than a text-heavy approach that puts you to sleep.
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Publisher : O’Reilly Media
Publication date : August 13, 2024
Edition : 5th
Language : English
Print length : 835 pages
ISBN-10 : 1098141784
ISBN-13 : 978-1098141783
Item Weight : 3.68 pounds
Dimensions : 8 x 1.66 x 9.25 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #310,083 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #13 in Microsoft .NET #19 in C# Programming (Books) #130 in Introductory & Beginning Programming
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ronald –
The best C# book I have read.
So I have been a developer for a bit, but it was mostly web front end. I decided to jump in with c# as it is very popular where I am, I tried some courses and other books and they did not really help me, this book is the complete opposite, I started with Chapter 1 and just went fully in, it is fun, it is tough, but it is clear and takes hard concepts and makes them understandable. The Authors knew what they were talking about, but they also understood that everyone learns differently, and this kind of marries visual learning with verbal learning, so you get the best of both worlds, and this is a big plus, it is fun. The reason that is important is that you will hit walls learning, but when it is made fun, it makes you want to work to get around those walls and this book does that. this is one of my favorite books I ever read, I will get any book by the authors of this book. I highly recommend it.
M. Fielder –
Well written, decent coverage, fast read
I retired a few years ago, and felt like diving back in just for kicks. I’m a bit out of practice, and skills a few years out of date, and wanted what would be a fast refresh/primer for someone with prior experience. Thsi fit the bill perfectly. It’s probably good for noobs too. All depends on your personal learning style.
Joseph Pereira –
New Stuff, Great read
From easy to hard, was pretty easy, with some harder coding. The new MAUI is a bit harder to grasp but enjoyed how it was explained.
V. P. –
Frustrating Start for Beginners
This book starts off by having you build a game using .NET MAUI, but it quickly becomes a frustrating experience. While it acknowledges that you may encounter setup issues, it offers little to no help in resolving them—often just linking to Microsoft’s generic support pages. Instead of easing you into learning C#, the book throws you into a maze of troubleshooting with minimal guidance. It’s a rough and discouraging introduction to the language, and it’s hard to understand why the author thought this was an appropriate starting point for newcomers.
David A. Fournier –
Too much wasted content
Overall, I think this is a great book, but I can’t give it more than 3 stars because:1. There are way too many cartoons/comics in this book whose only purpose is to take up space adding to the page count and only repeat information that the author already covers in the text of the book.2. The author goes off on tangents explaining/justifying the teaching method he is using in the book instead of just teaching the topic.
Dvir –
Very good book
This is an amazing book, and let me tell you why.Because this book is not only about writing code and programming. This is a psychology book. Authors of this book, they help you to express yourself. They don’t teach you how to write code same as they are writing. They explain to you how to express yourself. To teach writing code is much easier, than teach someone to find their own way to be yourself. Same as in other scenes in our life. The good teacher is not who is just giving you information to copy themselves. The good teacher is who is teaching you how to find in yourself those parts which you were ignoring or thinking that they are not so good as should be.A good teacher is the person who explains to you why you are better than you think, why you can do better than you were thinking all that time. A good teacher is who is making you to believe in yourself.This is what this book is about, and what authors of this book, they do.
Peter C. –
Fantastic Journey into Programming
This book is really fun.You start off with a good-sized project in Chapter 1, which like the opening scene to a good movie it sets the tone and wows the audience.The project in this case not only impressed me as the reader, it gave me confidence and curiosity to continue and see what other cool projects we’ll get to tackle.It was incredible how quickly we were able to put together the tile-based match game! But like a heaping dose of gummi vitamins, the “medicine” of programming theory and best practices were neatly snuck into the process.I also feel supported throughout the projects, each step is well documented. The author also has videos on YouTube to help walk you through the projects but personally I loved that the book gave me everything I needed to succeed.This is the programming book I’ve been looking for to take my skills to the next level and to really create the foundation to understand programming theory. I’ve taken too many dry courses where the material never sticks. This is totally different.And what’s cool is this is a book I can actually share with my kids to get them interested in programming.I would also like to give some credit to the development environment. This was my first time using Visual Studio, I’ve used other ide’s for python scripting, etc. but now I understand why Visual Studio is so loved. 🙂 I think VS did so much that I was actually able to focus on the problems instead of fighting with the tooling. Basically, super charging an already enjoyable learning experience.Thanks to all involved I can’t wait to start applying the lessons learned to problems at work and my own projects.
Sv –
Goed boek om c# te leren kennen. De aparte manier van opmaak maakt het ontspannender lezen dan vele andere boeken.
Marimuthu Kumaravel –
superb.
Caro –
Great book. Very well written & easy to understand. Nicely illustrated & explains stuff clearly. Super!
Nathalie –
Sehr gutes Buch zum Lernen von C#. Es vermittelt einem zusätzlich wichtiges Wissen aus anderen Themengebieten wie bspw. Game Design, was einem ein noch tieferes Verständnis für das Programmieren gibt. Auch wenn dies keine für dich relevanten Themengebiete sein sollten, geh sie unbedingt alle durch! Man wird ein besserer Programmierer, wenn man die anderen Themenbereiche auch ein wenig versteht. Beste Kaufentscheidung seit langem!
Dave Bond –
A great book to learn if you are getting into C#, lots of exercises too