New book: Microsoft Visual C# 2013 Step by Step

Microsoft Visual C Sharp 2013 Step by Step cover imageWe’re happy to announce the publication of Microsoft Visual C# 2013 Step by Step (ISBN: 9780735681835), by John Sharp!

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Your hands-on guide to Visual C# fundamentals

Expand your expertise—and teach yourself the fundamentals of Microsoft Visual C# 2013. If you have previous programming experience but are new to Visual C# 2013, this tutorial delivers the step-by-step guidance and coding exercises you need to master core topics and techniques.

Discover how to:

• Create and debug C# applications in Visual Studio 2013

• Work with variables, identifiers, statements, operators, and methods

• Create interfaces and define abstract classes

• Write robust code that can catch and handle exceptions

• Display and edit data using data binding with Microsoft ADO.NET Entity Framework

• Respond to user input and touchscreen gestures

• Handle events arising from multiple sources

• Develop your first Windows 8.1 apps

About the Author

John Sharp is a principal technologist at Content Master, part of CM Group Ltd, a technical authoring and consulting company. An expert on developing applications with the Microsoft .NET Framework and interoperability issues, John has produced numerous tutorials, white papers, and presentations on distributed systems, Web services, and the C# language. He is the author of several popular books, including Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation Step By Step.

Comments

  • Anonymous
    January 08, 2014
    Good day, I purchased Microsoft Visual C# Step by Step in the Nook version from Barnes and Noble.  I have Win 8.1, VC 2013 Ultimate (trial version.  I also download the code samples. I ran into an issue that I do not understand: On Page 90 of the Nook version of the book while using the samples, the book state that I need to add some code to the switch statement.  All is well until I Add the case that is suppose to change the '&&' to a literal.  By the way all the others are OK... " case '&&#x0027; " At this point I get the red squiggly under the statement and it says there is a -newline in constant-.  The first thing I notice is one of the single quotes are missing and add the ending single quote.  Now the tooltip error reads - Too many characters in character literal -.  at this point I am lost as that I do not Program for a living.  I have included my code directly from VS 2013 Ultimate below: Please help me out.  I just picked up the book yesterday and have learned a great deal just from the few pages and samples I did.  Oh something minor:  When I initial dropped the zip files into my documents it said the path was too long.  I just ignored the error and it seemed to work ok. Thank-you for your time Harvey L Wright Lubbock, TX private void copyOne(char current)        {            switch (current)            {                case '<' :                    target.Text += "<";                    break;                case '>' :                    target.Text += ">";                    break;                case '&&#x0027; :       <<< The error is here                    target.Text += "&" ;                        break;                case '"' :                    target.Text += "&#34" ;                    break;                case ''' :                    target.Text += "&#39";                    break;                default:                    target.Text += current;                    break;            }        }

  • Anonymous
    March 03, 2014
    Nice one

  • Anonymous
    April 17, 2014
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  • Anonymous
    June 15, 2014
    This book makes reference to an 8.1 directory under the chapter folders in the companion source code.  No directory exists for 8.1 - only 7 and 8.

  • Anonymous
    June 24, 2014
    i need this book. if u have this book, can share with me

  • Anonymous
    August 06, 2014
    The correct case block should look like this case '&' :    target.Text += "&";    break;

  • Anonymous
    August 06, 2014
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    August 06, 2014
    Jim - we'll share this errata with the author and editor.

  • Anonymous
    November 20, 2014
    Just bought the book - but cannot download the code samples...

  • Anonymous
    November 21, 2014
    I just bought the eBook version from the Amazon Kindle Store. The link provided to download the code samples is dead. All I get is the message "File not found". I tried typing the link given in the book and also from the official page of the book at www.microsoftpressstore.com/.../microsoft-visual-c-sharp-2013-step-by-step-9780735681835.

  • Anonymous
    November 22, 2014
    I cannot either download the code samples. I get too the message "File not found".

  • Anonymous
    November 23, 2014
    Me too, cannot get the code samples. I assume I will be returning this book then ? what a shame

  • Anonymous
    November 23, 2014
    Everybody, the code samples are available on the Companion Content tab here: www.microsoftpressstore.com/.../microsoft-visual-c-sharp-2013-step-by-step-9780735681835

  • Anonymous
    November 23, 2014
    Devon we have been there the link does not work, it takes you to a "file not found" error message.

  • Anonymous
    November 24, 2014
    No "Companion content" for this book (File not found), I found only for 2012

  • Anonymous
    November 25, 2014
    Everyone - the companion content link is fixed now. You can download the file. I just confirmed it.

  • Anonymous
    November 25, 2014
    thanks kim

  • Anonymous
    November 25, 2014
    @KimSpilker, thank you for information.

  • Anonymous
    January 28, 2015
    Does John Sharp have a website, twitter, etc.?  Can't find him.

  • Anonymous
    January 29, 2015
    If you have a message or question for him, you can email us at the "Email Blog Author" link above and we'll pass it along to him.

  • Anonymous
    April 12, 2015
    Dear Friends,        If anyone of you have the companion content for 2013 version please send it to  keshav.sahu88@gmail.com Thanks

  • Anonymous
    April 13, 2015
    Companion content is on the book's page on our store: www.microsoftpressstore.com/.../microsoft-visual-c-sharp-2013-step-by-step-9780735681835

  • Anonymous
    May 16, 2015
    Hi. The link for companion content still is not working. If anyone has the companion content for 2013 version please send it to dilaim33@gmail.com Thanks

  • Anonymous
    May 18, 2015
    the companion content works. I just checked it - www.microsoftpressstore.com/.../csharp_sbs.zip

  • Anonymous
    January 12, 2016
    HLWright56 made it page 90 ! ! ! ! ! I can't get past page 39.  The download files for the book don't work ! ! ! ! !

  • Anonymous
    January 12, 2016
    Clint - we've verified that these download files work. In fact, they were used for a course on C# recently.

  • Anonymous
    August 07, 2016
    Just purchased the e-book. Unable to locate the code samples.