Fluent C#

The next-generation C# tutorial: open, inviting, visual, exercise-driven -- based on the latest cognitive science and instructional design!

* The best way to master C#, new .NET development technologies, and the underlying principles of Object-Oriented Programming and Test-Driven Development.
* Reflects design patterns, best practices, and Microsoft Architectural Guidelines.
* Features a unique, new, attractive, and graphically rich approach to learning based on the latest advances in cognitive learning studies.

Based on the principles of cognitive science and instructional design, Fluent C# is a true tutorial that helps the reader to build effective working models for understanding a large and complex subject: developing .NET Framework applications with C#. Unlike so-called 'tutorials' that merely describe the material briefly, and offer an 'exercise' that merely requires typing in already provided source code, this book's carefully paced exercises closely align with the brain's natural learning processes. Readers will discover the material themselves - and absorb it more rapidly and effectively. Fluent C# successfully introduces readers to the principles and concepts they need to use Object-Oriented Programming, Test-Driven Development, design patterns, and even the Microsoft Architectural Guidelines for building effective .NET software. It also teaches powerful C# 4.0 techniques for building presentation layers with WPF; business layers that incorporate workflow, activities, and services; and data access layers that utilizing the Entity Framework and LINQ. This book's breadth is impressive. More important, its open, inviting graphical format and exercise-driven learning approach makes learning these complex topics easier and more natural than it's ever been before.