An excellent primer for those with programming experience

Over many years, I have found the Sams "Teach Yourself" books to be invaluable when I needed to learn a new computing concept or programming language. When using them, I tend to work through at a rapid rate, entering code when I find something interesting or unusual. Generally, this is when there is something that I want to add to the code snippet that appears in the book. The examples in the "Teach Yourself" books are ideal for that, not so simple as to be trivial, yet not so hard that it takes significant mental effort to determine what the code is designed to do. Once I recognize the purpose of the code, I go on to the next idea of trying an extension, modification or improvement.
C# is the third programming language that I learned largely by reading and working through a Sams "Teach Yourself" book. Shortly after completing the book, I started teaching a small group of programmers the fundamentals of C# and began writing some code for my business use. While I did have to consult more advanced resources, my background was sufficient so that I never stumbled.

Other Reviews

• An excellent primer for those with programming experience
• Beginners guide, doesn't cover Visual Studio IDE
• Very good book, best recommendation
• You'll read it cover to cover and keep it for reference