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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.4 / 5.0

Excellent C# Reference:

This is an extremely well-written book. It is most defintely aimed at the intermediate/advanced programmer. Mickey makes you read each chapter twice! Chapter 6 (Delegates,Events, and Attributes) was the most comprehensive presentation of these topics that I have read (Had me reaching for the Tylenol :-) )
He covers alot of the ground that Richter does - strong name assemblies,reflection (a most brilliant presentation I might add),etc. I truly enjoy the way he handled Windows/Web forms.
It was not... more info

Great Reference on Visual C#:

As is stated on the front cover of this book, this is a "Reference," and not a tutorial, however, this book is an invaluable reference. For learning C#/.Net itself, I recommend either the Wrox Professional C# 2nd Edition, or the OOP with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual C# .NET Step by Step.

Mickey covers all aspects of C# programming, including:
* The C# language and the .Net framework itself
* An extremely comprehensive presentation of Windows Forms
* Introductory material on... more info

Enumerator example has a lapsed listener problem:

Overall I think this book makes a good reference. In chapter 7, I like the point about being careful to invalidate the enumerator if the underlying data gets changed. However, be aware the example has a "lapsed listener" problem. When the enumerator object is no longer needed, how is it supposed to be unsubscribed from the Changed event? If it never gets unsubscribed, then the garbage collector will not be able to remove it from the heap, thus you end up with a memory leak. Using System.WeakReference is one... more info

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