Reddit reviews Microsoft Visual C# 2013 Step by Step (Step by Step Developer)

VS2015 and VS2017 are practically identical (at least from a learner's perspective). But there's no reason to not upgrade or to have both installed.

I'd recommend getting a book to read and also following along with a video course (Microsoft Virtual Academy is a great place for videos). You can watch videos and work alongside when able, and read the book to flesh out things you're not sure of (or just revise when you can't access a computer).

I recommend this book: https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Visual-2013-Step-Developer/dp/073568183X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1492133728&sr=8-1&keywords=c%23+visual+2013

I found the writing style explained things to me better than most other material, and I could grasp concepts that I felt many resources glossed over or didn't explain as well (the Yellow Book is also good at this).

Also, mixing resources helps a lot. You could read one author's take on a concept over and over again and never understand it, only to read a different explanation and it just clicks. When you get stuck on something just find another source.

You're looking for step by step: Microsoft Visual C# 2013. I keep it on my desk at work. It's intermediate level, which means it assumes you know what programming is and you know what an IDE is, etc., and he does a fantastic job of holding your hand through the basic syntax before launching you off on the more difficult things. Highly recommended.

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It introduces you to all concepts you need to learn under your first year(s) of programming with C#. It has great, easy-to-grasp instructions and every chapter ends with exercises that it walks you through. I went from a novice to comfortable with the language in ~3 months.

After this, you have to get your hands dirty. Google for "programming exercises" or something like that. The point is that you will learn 100 times more when you take on a task that you have to solve by using your brain.