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Maybe I'm getting jaded, but if you post a top books list and each book has an amazon referral code it makes me think you posted this to get money and not becau

Maybe I'm getting jaded, but if you post a top books list and each book has an amazon referral code it makes me think you posted this to get money and not because it provides any value to people. I guess the easiest test is to judge the list itself, and in my opinion money grab aside, the list fails on its own merits. If you think about C# it has 3 good stories, its concurrency, Linq and the .net framework. This list doesn't even try to hit these areas. Instead it goes after tiered cliches like re-factoring and design patterns. Has anyone read a re-factoring or design patterns book and got anything out of it? I've tried, heck I own a few of the books listed here and I wouldn't recommend it. Its missing something on concurrency http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920030171.do http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920030171.do Jon Skeet's excellent book on C# http://www.amazon.ca/C-Depth-Jon-Skeet/dp/161729134X http://www.amazon.ca/C-Depth-Jon-Skeet/dp/161729134X The CLR via C# http://www.amazon.ca/CLR-via-C-4th-Edition/dp/0735667454 http://www.amazon.ca/CLR-via-C-4th-Edition/dp/0735667454 Linq in action http://www.amazon.com/LINQ-Action-Fabrice-Marguerie/dp/1933988169 http://www.amazon.com/LINQ-Action-Fabrice-Marguerie/dp/19339...

tonyedgecombe 12y ago
You can get a huge amount just from reading the specification which is usually installed with the framework at C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC#\Specifications\1033
- guiomie 12y ago
  I never knew the spec was there. Isn't the spec documentation outdated ? If I look online, ECMA-334 is at it's 4th edition (June 2006).
  - teh_klev 12y ago
    That's the last time MS submitted C#'s spec to ECMA. The latest spec is always available online via: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms228593.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms228593.aspx
- NicoJuicy 12y ago
  So i looked up bit shift operators as first test if it was complete. Why the hell didn't i knew this, thanks for the reference!
- daphneokeefe 12y ago
  Sadly, that is omitted from the free Visual Studio 2013 Express Edition.
  - teh_klev 12y ago
    See my comment below: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8596796 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8596796
sremani 12y ago
Agreed on Jon Skeet's book and CLR via C#. Both are excellent books.

tonyedgecombe 12y ago

You can get a huge amount just from reading the specification which is usually installed with the framework at C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC#\Specifications\1033

guiomie 12y ago
I never knew the spec was there. Isn't the spec documentation outdated ? If I look online, ECMA-334 is at it's 4th edition (June 2006).
- teh_klev 12y ago
  That's the last time MS submitted C#'s spec to ECMA. The latest spec is always available online via: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms228593.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms228593.aspx
NicoJuicy 12y ago
So i looked up bit shift operators as first test if it was complete. Why the hell didn't i knew this, thanks for the reference!
daphneokeefe 12y ago
Sadly, that is omitted from the free Visual Studio 2013 Express Edition.
- teh_klev 12y ago
  See my comment below: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8596796 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8596796

sremani 12y ago

Agreed on Jon Skeet's book and CLR via C#. Both are excellent books.