Any recommendations on good books to read about the coming .NET framework? Books that cover new features of the framework and new language syntax for C#. Thanks.
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Due to the very fact that the .NET Framework has not yet had it's final release, actual books on it have yet to surface, however, I notice that there is:
Introducing .NET 4.0: with Visual Studio 2010
set to be released soon. Obviously, from the title it should be very specific to the v4.0 framework. The author (Alex Mackey) has a page on his own site about this forthcoming title. That can be found here:
http://www.simpleisbest.co.uk/Home/VisualStudio2010
There are also new editions of previous books, such as:
Pro C# 2010 and the .NET 4.0 Platform by Andrew Troelsen
Programming C# 4.0 by Jesse Liberty (and others)
I have two previous editions of Andrew's book (one for VS 2005 / .NET 2.0 and one for VS 2008 / .NET 3.5) and, assuming this new edition is up to the same quality standards as previous editions, I can thoroughly recommend it. Although, if you yourself have any previous editions, there's likely to be a lot of overlap (as there was with the 2005/2008 editions).
If you're after something to read right now, there's a number of articles and white papers available online:
ASP.NET 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010 Web Development Beta 1 Overview
Dublin & .NET Framework 4.0 (HTML Version)
What's New in the BCL in .NET 4 Beta 1
CraigTP
2009-07-24 11:06:28
It's such a pain that all the recommended books cannot be found on Safari books online. Thank you very much. I'll get some hard copies from Amazon then.
mqbt
2009-07-24 23:10:00
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You may also want to take a look at the draft of the language specification for C# 4.0.
Brian Rasmussen
2009-07-24 11:16:30
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I guess I might as well plug my own...
C# in Depth 2nd edition will include C# 4.0.
Oh, and there will also be C# 4.0 in a Nutshell which I expect to be good.
Jon Skeet
2009-07-24 12:05:33
Seriously John, where do you find the time? I've been signed up to your feed for a few days now and I don't even have time to read all your posts.. let alone write those answers AND write a book AND work for Google. I know this whole Skeet joke thing, but I am seriously beginning to think you are actualy some kind of relentless C# cyborg. Unbelievable.
flesh
2009-07-24 17:10:59
Thank you, Jon. I'm subscribing to Safari Books online but cannot find your book there.
mqbt
2009-07-24 23:05:38
The 2nd edition probably isn't there yet (even as a placeholder), but the first edition should be.
Jon Skeet
2009-07-25 05:52:21
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And the one to look out for will be J Richters 3rd Edition of CLR via C#:
http://www.wintellect.com/CS/blogs/jeffreyr/archive/2009/06/17/clr-via-c-3rd-edition.aspx
Nick.
Nick Robinson
2009-07-24 14:12:00