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mikelbeck
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I've been asked to do some .net programming, but I have no .net programming experience. Are there any good books you can recommend that I should look it? Kind of like a ".NET programming for dummies" sort of thing?  |
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paul
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mikelbeck
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"for the absolute beginner". That's me!
Thanks very much for that information. |
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x-raysteve
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Reading is bad for you. I like to eschew book learning and just try to pick up examples and tips on the net. Sometimes it can be good to just get pre-existing scripts, preferably something that has an interest to you, and then learn it inside and out.
Works for me! |
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mikelbeck
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| x-raysteve wrote: | Reading is bad for you. I like to eschew book learning and just try to pick up examples and tips on the net. Sometimes it can be good to just get pre-existing scripts, preferably something that has an interest to you, and then learn it inside and out.
Works for me! |
I like to do it both ways. First I like to have a book I can read and get a general idea of what I'm doing, then I look around for examples to get a better understanding of it. Then I just right in and try it out, then go back to the book and/or examples to figure out what I'm doing wrong. |
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x-raysteve
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I think I learned many different languages over the years with a book first, but I think as I have gotten older I have gotten more lazy. Now I just like to jump in with something working and then force myself to learn how to do things.
The best way is to break it, and then you have to figure out how to fix it.  |
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Colda Brama
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paul
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Finding articles online, can help you learn faster sometimes. The easiest way to learn is to start writing ASP.NET web applications. Very soon you'll get familiar with the whole concept and from that point on it will be much easier.
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Necron
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| x-raysteve wrote: | Reading is bad for you. I like to eschew book learning and just try to pick up examples and tips on the net. Sometimes it can be good to just get pre-existing scripts, preferably something that has an interest to you, and then learn it inside and out.
Works for me! |
Reading isn't bad at all.
Whilst practical experience is a necessity, you absolutely need to read in depth about programming theory, as well as database design, if you want to be a good .Net programmer.
Simply going in and doing it without any knowledge of the concepts of programming theory is just asking for trouble and will only lead you to a dead end. |
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