This book is aimed at students who wish to learn programming with C# 2005 and the .NET framework. The book starts with absolute programming basics. It then moves into Web and Windows programming, data access (databases and XML), and more advanced technologies such as graphics programming with GDI+ and basic networking.

Visual C # makes complicated subjects seem easy to learn, and it inspires students to investigate areas further on their own by providing references to additional material, and exercise questions that require significant effort and personal research to complete.