A Guided Tour through Alan Turing's History Paper on Computability and the Turing Machine
(Wiley, 2008)
Coming June 16, 2008!
Three-Dimensional Graphics Programming for the Windows Presentation Foundation
(Microsoft Press, 2007)
An exploration and elucidation of the 3D programming facilities of the Windows Presentation Foundation.
For program source code, go to the companion content page.
.NET Book Zero
by
Charles Petzold
What the C or C++ Programmer Needs to
Know about C# and the .NET Framework
A free on-line 267-page book in PDF and XPS formats.
A Guide to the Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation
(Microsoft Press, 2006)
An introduction to the Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation (formerly code-named Avalon), including XAML.
For program source code, go to the companion content page. Source code is also available translated to Visual Basic .NET.
(Microsoft Press, 2005; 384 pages)
An introduction to Windows Forms programming with an emphasis on .NET 2.0.
For program source code, go to the companion content page.
(Microsoft Press, 2003; 418 pages)
A tutorial for people wishing to learn the C# programming language. No prior programming knowledge is required.
For program source code, go to the Microsoft Press page and click Companion Content at the right.
Die Kunst zu Programmieren ("The Art of Programming") is the German edition of Programming in the Key of C#. Normally titles of foreign editions are similar to the English titles, but this one had to be changed because the pun no longer worked: The key of C# in music is known as cis in German. The book is available from Amazon.de.
(Microsoft Press, 2001; 1290 pages)
A tutorial for programmers wishing to write applications for Windows using the C# programming language and the Windows Forms class library. Knowledge of C or C++ is required.
(Microsoft Press, 1999; 393 pages)
A unique exploration into bits, bytes, and the inner workings of computers. Online reviews of this book by Michele Chang, Brad De Long, and J.D. Hildebrand are particularly illuminating.
(Microsoft Press, 1998; 1479 pages)
A tutorial for programmers wishing to write applications for Windows using the C programming language and the native Win32 application programming interface (API). Programs written using this book run under every version of Windows from Windows 95 through Windows XP and beyond. Knowledge of C is required.
