>>>I don't have Kevin's book, and I'm only a week into C# :)
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>>Steve,
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>>I recommend it. It's one of the best. BTW, I've picked the brains of some of the folks here (particularly Bonnie B.) at the .NET forum. They've helped me out far more than they realize.< s >
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>Is the book good because it is helpful for VFP developers? Or is it good from any standpoint? Those are stupid questions, because with your comp science background, if you say its good, its good. < s >

Actually, I think both. For example, VFP developers are generally pretty comfortable with business objects, so he doesn't waste a lot of time having to explain the how's and why's. Same thing with OOP. The drawback, if there is one, is every example is done in both VB.NET and C#. So it's not a C# book.

I have two books from MS Press on C# (Visual C# .NET Step By Step and Visual C# .NET). If I'm looking for something, I hit Kevin's book first and if I don't find it there, then the other two.

I should note some things, such as the System.DirectoryServices namespace, you won't find in any of these. The framework is so large and complex that it literally requires documentation that's of nearly encyclopedic dimensions. I have part of it, as a matter of fact, volumes 5a and 5b, which covers System.Web through System.Web.UI.Controls.

>Bonnie, Kevin, and Danny have already helped me tons, because simple answers some questions can make the lightbulbs go on. :)

I think that's typical of most seasoned developers. Same's true with me.< g >