I've been using C# and .NET for about 18 months. Here are some of the books and other materials that I have found helpful. Framework Design Guidelines - how to

I've been using C# and .NET for about 18 months. Here are some of the books and other materials that I have found helpful. Framework Design Guidelines - how to design libraries that anyone from Jon Skeet to Mort can use successfully. The focus is on library design but I have found it valuable for day to day coding. Effective C# - how to implement the usual idioms properly. CLR via C# - this is a dry read but has answers to many questions I would have never thought to ask. C# in Depth - excellent coverage of language features from C#1 to C#5. Writing High Performance .NET Code - the title says it all Pluralsight courses: https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/csharp-applying-functional-principles https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/csharp-applying-... - excellent coverage of the functional core/imperative shell approach to program design. If you know Haskell you can probably skip this. https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/csharp-design-strategies/ https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/csharp-design-st... - Jon Skeet implements the GoF patterns. Visual Studio addins: ReSharper - the diagnostics are quite valuable SpecFlow - support for the Gherkin DSL for BDD testing. Tools: PerfView