I'm a longtime C/C++ Unix guy. I recently started work in a new position that's gonna eventually require C# and WPF (and probably some LINQ). What are the best resources to quickly come up to speed on all these Microsoft technologies? Years ago I read Petzold's book and loved it because it was so complete and by the end I really felt like I knew what I was doing... Is their something equivalent for the .NET world?
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There's far too much technology around to get a decent depth on all the technologies in a single book (although Andrew Troelsen's recent Apress book is a weighty tome which may well give you a good start on that front - I haven't read it though).
Personally I'd focus on getting deep books on the specific topics you need to know about - if you're not doing WinForms, why learn about it? But then I'm biased, having written a very focused book myself :) (C# in Depth)
Jon Skeet
2008-10-08 15:14:22
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By far the best WPF book is :Pro WPF in C# 2008: Windows Presentation Foundation with .NET 3.5, Second Edition (Books for Professionals by Professionals)
For .Net I would have to go with: Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform, Fourth Edition
One other one that I highly recommend is: Programming Microsoft Visual Basic 2005: The Language . Even though this is .Net 2.0 and Vb.Net, it's an excellent resource for in-depth knowledge of .Net. Covers some topics in more detail that other books kind of skip over.
Micah
2008-10-08 16:38:47
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The MSDN documentation for WPF is stellar, much more so than it is for other product areas (the Windows Workflow documentation is much worse). You'll find plenty of how-to's and sample solutions to learn from.
Shane Arney
2008-10-08 23:12:13
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Heh heh. Picking up .NET, C#, and WPF at the same time. Now that is going to make for a story to tell the grandkids.
Picking up .NET and C# will be fairly straightforward, but be forewarned about WPF. It has a very steep learning curve. That being said, it's a pretty cool UI stack that brings a lot to the table.
If I were you, I would start with .NET/C# first and then move on to WPF.
Here are several Stack Overflow posts that will help you out on the WPF side of things:
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/129772/how-to-begin-wpf-development
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9591/what-wpf-books-would-you-recommend
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/182075/wpf-quickstart-documentation
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29700/can-someone-point-me-to-some-guides-for-wpf
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37843/what-is-wpf
Have fun!
cplotts
2008-10-09 00:45:59
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I found this link quite useful. Helped me started learning WPF. I am sure will help you also. http://learnandmasterwpf.blogspot.com/
WPFNovice
2010-04-17 23:13:28