 | Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction by Steve McConnell
Buy new: £21.80 / Used from: £18.99 OK, not a C# specific book but required reading for developers.
|
 | Writing Secure Code 2nd Edition by Michael Howard and David LeBlanc
Buy new: £22.05 / Used from: £8.50 Don't let your code out into the big bad world without reading this first.
|
 | Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming by Jeffrey Richter
Buy new: £28.57 / Used from: £11.95 My guess is that this will become the standard text on the .Net CLR. Detailed and well written.
|
 | Windows Forms Programming in C# (Microsoft .Net Development) by Chris Sells
Buy new: £32.29 / Used from: £9.99 I have to admit I have just got this, but it looks like a great text for gaining Windows Forms knowledge.
|
 | Programming C# by Jesse Liberty
Buy used from: £2.66 O'Reilly books are generally excellent, this is no exception.
|
 | Programming ASP.NET by Jesse Liberty
Buy used from: £2.99 Another great O'Reily title, by the same author as Programming C#.
|
 | Design Patterns C# Workbook (Software Patterns) by Steven John Metsker
Buy new: £36.09 / Used from: £14.99 The GoF book translated into C#. Enough said.
|
 | Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture (The Addison-Wesley Signature Series) by Martin Fowler
Buy new: £26.31 / Used from: £19.00 The title is a nightmare, the book is excellent.
|
 | The Mythical Man Month and Other Essays on Software Engineering by Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
Buy new: £15.96 / Used from: £10.39 You can't have a list of great software books without this.
|
 | Programming Pearls (ACM Press) by Jon Bentley
Buy new: £14.38 / Used from: £9.28 It's all about C programming - rewritting the solutions in C# is an excercise for the student:-)
|
Listmania!
