This is the 2010 edition of Murach's best-selling C # book on Windows Forms application development. It is simple, direct, presents logical examples, and two-page format is the best. " "With this book, I immediately moved from being intimidated by the language C # to make my choice, The fact that this process took me only 3 days should speak volumes about how effective this book." "I was really flying through the C # book Here are some things that no other that C # books do not do it: # 1: Part discusses OOP with business objects, not cats and dogs Object-oriented programming is the basis for C # 2010. But while other books try to explain by using examples of weird (like mammals or cars), this book explains in terms of true business objects, like customers, invoices, and products. So instead of glossing over this very important function in a chapter or two, this book gives you 4 full chapters that show you how to use RAD tools like data sources as well as ADO.NET code to perform a fairly sophisticated database processing. # 3: Complete applications show how all the pieces interact The key to mastering the development of C # is to have many practical examples that show you how the features you learn to interact ... and that helps you avoid the problems you may run into as you build complex applications. That's why this book gives you complete applications for everyday business functions (these can be downloaded for free from the Murach web site).