>FWIW my older daughter is a college freshman and when I took her to buy books I noticed the C# text in the store was Troelsen.

And was it $100? <g>

~~Bonnie




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