Learning C# quickly gathering all necessary concepts [closed]

Question

I want to learn .NET and I have 2 weeks time of this. I have sound knowledge of CLR, Assemblies and certain basics. I have a copy of "CLR via C#". But I need to learn advanced C# concepts like delegates, reflection, generics and so on. And then I need to quickly jump into coding. Remember, I have 2 weeks time. I suppose a quick grasp of C# advanced concepts and then some thorough coding practice is the need of the hour.

Can you suggest me on: 1) My approach. 2) Sites or books to learn these advanced C# concepts fast. 3) Practicing the things learnt by coding....suggestion on practice/programming questions. Since I also believe one can only learn any language by practicing it.

Please pour in your suggestions.

Regards, Justin Samuel.

Answer 1

Joe Albahari's book "C# in a Nutshell" (Disclaimer: I know the author, but I would recommend regardless). Joe's site has lots of useful stuff.

Jon Skeet's articles + book: "C# in Depth"

Andrew Troelsen's "Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform, Fourth Edition"

Free, online material:

• Microsoft webcasts and virtual labs

• Noah Coad's blog has a good list of C# resources

• Microsoft's Ramp Up

• SO: C# Training videos

• SO: Is there any one website which contains many good C# screencasts?

Answer 2

I recommend C# 2005: The Base Class Library by Francesco Balena. Its a bit of an older book, but I found it to be an amazing read. I learnt a ton with it.

Answer 3

I recommend you to download some open source projects from codeplex, and start debugging. You will better understand the internals this way...

Answer 4

Once you know most of the basics, take a look at Hidden Features of C#? to see all sorts of cool but slightly esoteric features.

Answer 5

Refer this link,
http://sharpertutorials.com/tutorials/
This site having hands on guides for programming areas includes

1. Introduction to C#
2. Intermediate C# Tutorials,
3. Advanced C# Tutorials
4. Object Orientation
5. Real World Object Orientated Programming
6. Testing and Debugging
7. Security and Encryption
8. Using .Net Assemblies
9. Software Engineering Principles
..........etc

Answer 6

In the question "List of Freely Available programming books", there's a link to the book Illustrated C# 2008. This book offers a complete intruduction for everything in C#, from the most basic things like classes and methods all the way up to delegates, anonymous types, and event handlers. The good thing? you don't spend a dime!

Miscellaneus SO links:

• Lambdas tips
• More lambda tips
• Anonymous types explanation (asked specifically for this question)