Top C# books curated by experts

Organized around concepts and use cases, C# 9.0 in a Nutshell provides intermediate and advanced programmers with a concise map of C# and . NET that also plumbs significant depths.

Learn C# from first principles the Rob Miles way. With jokes, puns, and a rigorous problem solving based approach. This book offers several hands-on labs along the way to help you build and test programs using skills you've learned up to that point. In the final lab, you'll put everything togeth…

Mark Seemann is well known for explaining complex concepts clearly and thoroughly. In this book he condenses his wide-ranging software development experience into a set of practical, pragmatic techniques for writing sustainable and human-friendly code. This book will be a must-read for every pro…

C# has become a language of unusual flexibility and breadth since its premiere in 2000, but this continual growth means there's still much more to learn. Organized around concepts and use cases, this thoroughly updated sixth edition provides intermediate and advanced programmers with a concise m…

The authors present the complete guide to ANSI standard C language programming. Written by the developers of C, this new version helps readers keep up with the finalized ANSI standard for C while showing how to take advantage of C's rich set of operators, economy of expression, improved control …

C# is one of the most widely used programming languages available, and for good reason. Developed by Microsoft, it boasts a simplified syntax, type safety, garbage collection, cross-language capabilities and developer support. It is easy to learn, easy to read and a joy to work with.

Parallel and High Performance Computing offers techniques guaranteed to boost your code's effectiveness. Complex calculations, like training deep learning models or running large-scale simulations, can take an extremely long time. Efficient parallel programming can save hours—or even days—of com…

Unit Testing Principles, Patterns and Practices teaches you to design and write tests that target key areas of your code including the domain model. In this clearly written guide, you learn to develop professional-quality tests and test suites and integrate testing throughout the application lif…

C# is the foundation of .NET development. New features added in C# 6 and 7 make it easier to take on big data applications, cloud-centric web development, and cross-platform software using .NET Core. Packed with deep insight from C# guru Jon Skeet, this book takes you deep into concepts and feat…

This book provides exactly that map of knowledge in a concise and unified style—free of clutter and long introductions. Like the past seven editions, C# 12 in a Nutshell is organized around concepts and use cases, making it friendly both to sequential reading and to random browsing.

It's a self-paced book that shows you how to use Visual Studio, C#, and the . NET classes to develop Windows Forms applications… whether you're new to programming or not. It's an object-oriented book that shows you how to use business classes, inheritance, and interfaces the way they're used in …

The book in your hands is a different kind of programming book. Like an entertaining video game, programming is an often challenging but always rewarding experience. This book shakes off the dusty, dull, dryness of the typical programming book, replacing it with something more exciting and flavo…