What to read when going from PB to C# ?

[Joubarbe]

Hey !

So I'd like to learn C#, but I'm tired of having to read all beginner stuff over and over again. I don't know, maybe there are some books that are just perfect from guys coming from PB, and that would be a shame to miss them.

If so, please let me know

Thanks.

(please not the C# bible)

[ostapas]

I'm currently studying it too, so after a long research I chose this book: http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Visual- ... 073568183X which is very clear and straightforward, it assumes you have some prior coding experience and are using Visual Studio 2013.

[Joubarbe]

Thanks ostapas, I think it's exactly what I'm looking for !

[netmaestro]

The want ads. You can get a job programming if you know c#. Not so much with PureBasic, good as it is.

[Joubarbe]

I really don't want a job as a programmer Visual Studio has some nice features, so I'm just gonna see if C# is for me (and if I really want to learn that on my free times). Otherwise I'll stick with this good old PB.

[ostapas]

Though Visual Studio is probably the best IDE ever created and C# has inconceivable amount of features, when I start PB, I feel like I came back home from desert island after 15 years ))

[Joubarbe]

So why did you choose C# ? Work ?

[Danilo]

I think MSDN has all you need - Programming Guide, Reference, Examples, ...
- MSDN: Visual C#

- Visual Basic and Visual C#
-- Programming Concepts

Other:
- Wikibooks: C# Programming
-- C# Tutorial and source code

- Free Programming Books >> C Sharp


- Visual Studio Community 2013

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A: Here’s how individual developers can use Visual Studio Community:
• Any individual developer can use Visual Studio Community to create their own free or paid apps.

Q: How does Visual Studio Community 2013 compare to other Visual Studio editions?
A: Visual Studio Community 2013 includes all the great functionality of Visual Studio Professional 2013, designed and optimized for individual developers, students, open source contributors, and small teams.

- Visual Studio Community 2013 FREE

**Update** You must sign in with a Microsoft account within 30 days of downloading Visual Studio Community.
I have gotten comments that otherwise, it will appear to prompt you for a license.

[juror]

The want ads. You can get a job programming if you know c#. Not so much with PureBasic, good as it is.

[Danilo]

Just reminded TheNewBoston Video Tutorials >> Youtube: C# Beginners Tutorials Playlist (200 Videos)

[Danilo]

You may also like the free courses at Microsoft Virtual Academy.

For example: Programming in C# Jump Start

[Thorium]

Why do you want to go from PB to C#?
It would be more convenient to go from PB to VB.Net for you.

C# and VB.Net are pretty much the same language with different syntax.

[TI-994A]

Although the good folks at Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom, had finally decided to make the dot net framework fully backward compatible, the CLRs (common language runtimes) are still not.

Even today, CLR apps are still throwing the dreaded incompatible with .Net Framework and missing CLR type messages. Quite similar to Java's requires Java Runtime Environment message, but just more cumbersome.

Users shouldn't have to jump through hoops to use your software, and any additional requirement is an additional reason why they won't.

Yet another reason to love PureBasic: your apps truly run out of the box - no dependencies, no installation!

[Joubarbe]

The reason I wanted to learn C# is to use Unity ; and "it's a professional language", if you get what I mean.

But the more I read about OOP, the more I want to go back to PB. So for now, I stay with PB, even though I love Visual Studio (but the things I love about VS are cosmetic/superficial... and I'm starting to think that everything in programming is cosmetic ; there's no magic trick, no magic language).

Maybe the lack of libraries (2D user interfaces, for instance) could be a good reason to switch from PB to C#...