I own the past 2 editions of this book (Pro C# 3.5 and 2.0) and have always kept this around as a reference. It taught me alot of what I know today about the .NET Framework and it's always helpful to get started in the different parts (ASP, WPF, WCF, etc). I prefer having a book like this around rather than relying on a Google search to get started in some technology because I always can refer to some chapter to get started and to get an understanding of something. Then later I'll supplement what I've learned with a Google search for more in-depth examples.



This book will serve great for anyone who is already an experienced programmer but needs to know about .NET concepts and how things are done in .NET. I had a friend purchase this book (an assembler and VB6 programmer) to get started in .NET and he cannot live without this book as well as a point of reference.



Would highly recommended to anyone as a starter into .NET who you don't need to explain what a 'for' loop is.