C# 9 and .NET 5 - Modern Cross-Platform Development - Fifth Edition: Build intelligent apps, websites, and services with Blazor, ASP.NET Core, and Entity Framework Core using Visual Studio Code

Buen libro, muy completo

This is the 2nd edition I've read and I find Mark's book to be a great way to get up to speed with new editions as well as to practice even the most basic stuff. There's always something you'll find out that becomes very useful in day-to-day coding. The practical examples are excellent, and Mark has found a great balance between explaining key features but also introducing the reader to more niche features that you can explore further on your own.Looking forward to the C# 10 edition, and it remains to be seen if the whole book will be based in VS Code this time ;)

completo e dettagliato con riferimenti per approfondire

This book is very comprehensive and appeals to all skill sets. So far I’ve found it extremely useful as reference material. I would recommend the paperback version over the kindle however as with all books this size. Recommend for all levels though if you’re brand new to C# I would firstly read the Learn C# and Learn it Well by Jamie Chan and get used to Console then get this. This will be your bible for all .Net 5 / C# - but don’t just read, get writing!

I've been coding for a while but not C# and .NET and this book was perfect for me. Love the exercises at end of each chapter (but could do with a few more questions). I started trying to read O'Reilly's C# in a Nutshell - and although thorough and to the point, it is very dry and does not have helpful exercises. This book has chatty text as if Mark is teaching in a classroom and dives straight in with examples.He makes you use VS Code (not Visual Studio) which doesn't do as much for you but I found that useful as I now understand more. For example, he teaches how to use the command line (dotnet new console) in VS Code rather than File - New - Console app, that you can do in Visual Studio and setting a reference to a library is a right-click in Visual Studio, but VS Code makes you go into the .csproj file and type out the reference.This would not be an easy read for someone who has no experience of coding at all - but if you are coming from another language, it is great.It is not a short read at 788 pages.