Any user friendly .NET reference guides for C#?

Question

Hello, I am mainly a Python programmer. Now I am trying to learn C# .NET.

I see there is a .NET Framework Reference here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d11h6832.aspx

But it is quite user unfriendly. I can't even find System.Console without digging through System namespace even though they have System.CodeDom or System.Collections.

I personally think the python library reference is pretty good. So what I want to know is if there are any alternative references for .NET that are more clear.

Answer 1

With MSDN one of the small things that is good about it is that if you're looking for documentation on a specific type then you can just type in http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/< TYPE NAME WITH NAMESPACE >.aspx and you should get documentation for that class.

Other than that just hang out on SO and read a few books.

Answer 2

I use a bookmarklet to MSDN, just save this as a bookmark:

javascript:var a = prompt('MSDN Reference Lookup', 'Enter class name');if(a!=null){window.location='http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/' + a + '.aspx';}

And enter fully qualified class names (like System.IO.StreamReader) and you're set.

Answer 3

Since you're just getting started, check out the DZone RefCard for Core .NET. There really isn't any direct C# data, but it will give you a nice overview of the language and may help for some of the simpler issues you're trying to resolve.

Answer 4

i let google find things for me ;)

http://www.google.com/search?&q=console+class

Answer 5

You might want to try:

http://en.csharp-online.net/CSharp_Language_Reference