Recommendations on .NET self-study or classes?
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Date: 08/11/04
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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 17:32:46 -0700
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>-----Original Message-----
>First, I would like to apologize in advance if this is
not the appropriate
>place to post this message; of the .NET-related
newsgroups I found, this
>seemed to be the most general. If the information I'm
requesting is covered
>in a FAQ somewhere, please point me to it, and I'll be
happy to read it.
>
>A group of friends and I, mostly professional
developers, have decided that
>it is time for us to learn .NET. We are (variously)
versed in C, C++, Java,
>Visual Basic, and other languages, and also have varying
degrees of
>expertise in client-server, distributed programming,
networks, etc. However,
>none of us has any professional experience (yet) with
the .NET framework.
>
>To remedy this, we're forming a small study group, and
are looking for
>recommendations on a good approach to this. Does anyone
have any good
>recommendations for how to learn .NET in a way that will
give a good
>combination of theoretical and practical knowledge,
i.e., something that
>will sound good in an interview AND be useful if one
actually *gets* the
>job?
>
>We'd be interested in:
>
> - Tutorial books with actual hands-on exercises
> - Theory books explaining the .NET framework, with
concrete examples
> - Links to any self-study guides anyone might know of
> - On-line courses
> - On-campus courses, if anybody knows of any in the
Seattle area
>
>For example, we have the Deitel "How To Program" books
for VB.NET, C++ .NET,
>and C#. The first two, at least, spend most of their
time on the language
>and IDE, and only give secondary importance to .NET (we
haven't gone too far
>with C# yet, so that one may be different). There are
also the various Sams
>Publishing "Teach Yourself <blank> in 21 Days" books,
but those also appear
>to focus more on the languages than on the framework.
>
>Your recommendations are greatly appreciated. Thank you.
>
>
>.
>
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