Head First C#: A Learner's Guide to Real-World Programming with C# and .NET Core 4th Edition

This is an excellent book for learning C#, but if you truly want to learn C# proficiently you need to do all the exercises and explore on your own as you learn new concepts. Do not think you can just read through it and learn C# in a short amount of time. You will really need to dedicate yourself to this craft. This is a journey not a quick trip.I’ve read about 90% of it and had to stop due to needing to learn other things, like NoSQL, PowerBi, etc, but I digress. I intend to finish this book and then read it a second time.I've read some negative comments that WPF is outdated and that they should have used .NET Maui. This is incorrect. WPF is for building desktop applications solely for Windows and .NET Maui is for building cross platform applications. If you will never build apps for Linux or Mac then you should use WPF. Plus both use XAML anyways, so the transition isn’t that big of a deal.Buy this book and dedicate yourself to learning C#. It’s a wonderful high-level programming language that you can use to build web applications, desktop applications, games using platforms like Unity, logic applications, cloud, and much more. Learning a powerful language like C# is truly life changing and I wish you well on this journey.

I got this book after learning C# fundamentals in C# 7 in a nutshell, but this book seemed to be geared towards people who knew nothing about programming. I found it a bit wordy it seemed to take forever explaining a simple program because all the extra information it supplied all I wanted was to learn C# in simi real world applications with a quick step by step way to create their programs. I gave it 5 stars because, even though I didn't like the way it presented it material, someone else starting out may. one thing I did notice was when I looked in the glossary I could not find the word Delegate which is really kind of strange for a book that is suppose to be teaching C# 8. But in reality you can use interfaces to accomplish the same thing just will a little more coding in certain areas where you are using generic functions.

This book makes learning C# fun! I've already programmed my own matching game from scratch and I'm not even past page 60 yet! This is a must-have if you are serious about learning C#!

I first ordered the Kindle edition to read on my Surface Pro 7 while working on my main computer. But the charts and images are so tiny you can't read them, even with a magnifying glass. Did anyone at O'Reilly even look at this? Total disappointment. So I ordered the book. Would you believe that this edition of the book is printed in BLACK AND WHITE! Try deciphering charts, graphs, and icons in B&W with no color! It is unbelievable O'Reilly would do this and charge this much. Be warned. I wanted to give this review zero stars but I was forced to give one star.I've now worked through several chapters. Thankfully, O'Reilly has updated the Kindle Version and graphics are now properly sized and readable. I've changed from 1 star to 4 stars. I'll update to 5 stars if O'Reilly sends me a printed book done in full color like the Kindle Version. If you're a Kindle user, buy the Kindle version and don't waste your money on the printed book. I would now buy the Kindle version again. I'm enjoying the book and it is very well done.

This is a great book. It makes C# so easy to learn. I’m glad I got this book. It’s not overwhelming. Nothing complex. It walks you through.

Great book, though I do think I a little bit of programming experience is helpful and the book may be some what frustrating to follow with zero experience, but if you have even a little bit of experience in any programming languages you should be able to benefit from the book pretty well. They also have some additional exercises on their github.

Great technical details and it is organized easily so you can skip details that don't interest you.

I have read C# books before and I think the way this is written and laid out is excellent. I like that every few chapters there's a Unity lab that I get to do. It's like a reward for learning when you get to develop games as part of the process.