This book provides the fastest path to C# mastery for programmers transitioning to C# from another object-oriented language. It quickly brings experienced Java, C++, and Visual Basic programmers to a high level of proficiency in C#. It also provides in-depth advice on the wise use of C# idioms and programming patterns to exploit the power of C# and the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR).

Any C# programmer, at any experience level, will find this book enlightening. It carefully describes how C# works, discusses the most important issues for expert C# coding, and demonstrates with...

Accelerated VB 2005 provides the fastest path to Visual Basic expertise for anyone already familiar with object-oriented programming. While books introduce VB, very few also explain optimizing its use with the .NET common language runtime (CLR). But this book both teaches core VB language concepts and covers in depth the concepts and techniques for professionally exploiting the power of VB and the CLR.

You'll quickly master VB syntax while learning how the CLR simplifies many programming tasks. You'll also learn best practices that ensure your code will be efficient, reusable,...