I just finally finished school for good today...

Next year i am going to computer science University.

Till now I was too busy studing for exams in order to pass to the university ect. so I didint had too much free time.

My current state right now on programming is that I know everything about Pascal and have created many programs.

So i am not a complete beginner.

I know how to use arrays ( only 1d and 2d): sorting arrays , array fusion, finding the max value, ect.

? am used to using loops and functions.

I think I have catched the concept of programming and how computer work.

So now that I have the free time I am willing to start learning C#. I know nothing about object oriented programming.

Is this book ok starting with? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ARN9MG8/ref=s9_cskin_gw_p351_d13_i2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0B1R6B9F5SKPF8XZCJAC&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1389517282&pf_rd_i=507846

If you have any other book to recommend me just tell me

Thanks!

I would suggest starting with something more OOP (object oriented programming) related, like this:

http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-3-0-Introduction-Oriented-Programming/dp/0470261293 OR

http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-C-Object-Oriented-Programming-ebook/dp/B00ACC6BN6/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1369931324&sr=1-2&keywords=beginning+c%23

You could probably just google some OOP lessons, and once you grasp the concept of OOP, than start focusing on the C# language. C# might be more of a challenge when you know nothing about OOP.

I find that all books on C# say about the same thing, as the language is well defined. The "information" is the same regardless of which book you read, it's just a matter of how the individual book presents it. With that in mind, it's often best to go straight to the source. Here are some informational links and online course which should hold the answers to all your questions. The first is the course, the second link is the homepage to the MVA course, and then the links get more and more technical from there, ending with the C# specification. It's the most terse to read, but there's no better authority than the language spec itself. And of course, as you learn more about C#, feel free to post your questions here and the community will be happy to answer your questions.

Programming in C# JumpStart (a MVA course)

C# Virtual Academy

C# Programming Guide

C# Developer Center

C# Reference

C# Specificiation

Hi,

In my opinion, an experienced programmer such as you should not detour but focus on target of making simple games soon! Visual Studio Express is the way to go for your first few games. Start with DirectX API in the .NET Framework and make your first "Hello World" using C# with this to get familiar with it. There are plenty of tutorials on how to do this. Next find tuturials on making simple games with the DirectX API and scripting in C#. Example are crossword puzzle, tic-tac-toe, and quiz question games. After 3 to 5 of these then you will be ready for a game development framework...

Next look at SharpDX, MonoGame, Mono/MonoDevelop, and XNA.

Keep working at it and have fun!

Thank you guys for your suggestions!!!

Personally, I find that simply learning out of books doesn't cut it for me. Everything is well documented

of course, but it doesn't really teach your mind much about application and real-time programming.

Considering the other posts, I'm guessing you have a bit of programming knowledge, so try this:

Plan out decidedly small projects. Start off with a little program that lets you store and retrieve data

from databases. finish it.

For your next project, do something bigger that requires different functionality.

Every time you go bigger, you'll run into something that you hadn't seen before. Go do MSDN

for help, or find source code on the net. Don't just paste, make sure you *understand it*.

As long as you don't swamp yourself in new stuff and learn by curve, you'll be an adept in no

time.