C# and .NET: Best way to learn both? [closed]

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Without a doubt: Pro C# 2010 and the .NET 4 Platform (or Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform if you insist on .NET 3.5)

I'm sure you'll get many responses for useful books and tutorials and such, but for me, one of the biggest helps was installing and using JetBrains ReSharper. I was already familiar with a lot of development methodologies used by the team I joined. ReSharper was a great way to be constantly oriented to C# and .NET-specific standards and potential usages.

Resharper site

Head First C# is pretty good. All the Head First! books are pretty good).

Another good book is C# In A Nutshell, from O'Reilly.

It's old, but still one of the the best in-depth books about .Net framework/CLR fundamentals, is Don Box's Essential .Net

For indepth learning - CLR via C# 3rd Edition

visual c# step by step does a great job of not only familiarizing you with the language and .net, it also does a good job of teaching you to get around in visual studio. It starts out very basic, but by the time you reach the end of the book it has touched on event handling, database access, xml, and even asp.net giving you a solid enough foundation to be able to decide what you want to learn next. Most students in my class had little trouble learning the concepts here. If you already know c++ you might find this a bit basic, but the starter sections could be used to familiarize yourself with the visual studio environment if you aren't already, so they wouldn't be just an extended rehash of things you already know.