How do I...Programming C# 5.0 Or Beginning Visual C# 2012 Programming

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Hey everybody! I want to learn C# (been told me to start with this language; I have little coding experience, back then).
So I want to buy a book, maybe recent. A beginner book, of course.
I thought I could go with one of these: Programming C# 5.0 or Beginning Visual C# 2012 Programming
What do you think? Do you recommend something else? Between those two, what would you choose?
Thank you!

Posted 5-Aug-14 9:55am

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j snooze 5-Aug-14 17:13pm

You could save yourself some coin, and shelf space from a book that will eventually collect dust and use microsofts free virtual academy. You may be interested in
http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/c-fundamentals-for-absolute-beginners
If you still like books thats cool everyone learns differently. I'm just a cheapskate. I can't recommend, I've never read either one.

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-05T11:59:00

Yes, I usually recommend something else:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_Sharp_%28programming_language%29[^],
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/67ef8sbd.aspx[^],
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7029[^].

However, it depends on your background. As I know little about it, especially about your awareness of the theory, which usually makes great difference, it's hard to say anything certain. You need to follow your own way. I would only advise to take it seriously and put most effort in fundamentals. At the same type, when it comes to a particular language, you should not skip any single feature, understand all of them well. Fortunately, C# is well-rounded.

—SA