>Wow, $100. I'm not saying it's not worth it, because if you recommend it it probably is.

I didn't know it was that much!!! I expect it's so because the target audience is college students and perhaps it's used as a college textbook in intro courses, and we all remember how expensive those darn books were!! <g> Parts of the book are rather simplistic ... since it *is* an intro book. Experienced programmers would *definitely* be skipping several of the beginning chapters (and I hate paying for chapters that I never read! <g>).

I have to say that I have not read it all. When I was editing, it was only the stuff I was familiar with. The newer stuff (WPF, LINQ etc.) I have yet to sit down and read (unfortunately, the schedule for this book was quite tight, and there wasn't time to peruse anything else at the time) ... and I only got the book a few weeks ago and haven't yet had time to sit down with it.

So, as far as recommending it ... I'm going to have to say that if money's an issue, then perhaps $100 is a bit steep for this book ... dunno if you'd quite get the "bang for the buck", especially since you're not a noobie (or newbie, depending on your spelling preference <g>). Sorry, I just didn't realize that it was priced so high.

~~Bonnie