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Highly visual, this introduction to C#, XAML, the .NET Framework, and Visual Studio is designed to keep you engaged and entertained from first page to last. Build a fully functional video game in the opening chapter, and then learn how to use classes and object-oriented programming, draw graphics and animation, and query data with LINQ and serialize it to file by creating games, solving puzzles, and doing hands-on projects. See our review of the previous edition.
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Author: Andrew Stellman and Jennifer Greene
Publisher:O'Reilly
Date: Septmber 16, 2013
Pages: 960
ISBN: 978-1449343507
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Managing Software Debt
Author: Chris Sterling
Publisher: Addison Wesley, 2010
Pages: 288
ISBN: 978-0321554130
Aimed at: Agile programmers
Rating: 4
Pros: Extensive and detailed argument about software quality
Cons: Slow in defining its terms
Reviewed by: Andrew Johnson
This theoretical book looks at how agile software developmen [ ... ]
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The Python Standard Library by Example
Author: Doug Hellmann
Publisher: Addison-Wesley, 2011
Pages: 1344
ISBN: 978-0321767349
Aimed at: Intermediate Python programmers
Rating: 4
Pros: Lots of useful code
Cons: Not all of it will port to Python 3
Reviewed by: Alex Armstrong
This big book is intended as a reference. Is it a good addtion to your bo [ ... ]
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