Re: Starting from scratch with .Net Framework -- Where to begin?

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Hi Alex,

The most important resource is the Microsoft MSDN Library:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/default.aspx It has the complete
reference, plus introductory articles, How-tos, Starter Kits, Sample Code,
etc. The MSDN web site itself
(http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx) is also invaluable, and has
developer sections for various topics, as well as tons of free downloads,
including Starter Kits, add-ons, etc. Get your hands on a copy of Visual
Studio ASAP so that you can start playing with it. You will love it.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP

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"Alex" <samalex@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hey Guys,

I'm about to take a job where I'll be doing .net programming, however
my forte to date has been more along the lines of web programming with
ColdFusion, PHP, etc. The last time I did application programming was
back in the MS-DOS days with C++, Pascal, and Basic. The company will
be giving me training, but being I probably won't start for a few
weeks, I want to start getting familiar with the platform and
hopefully learn as much as possible until I actually get on the job.

First off, hardware. My Windows box at home is P4-2.8 Ghz (not dual
core) with 256 Megs/Ram. I'm bumping this up to 1.5-2Gigs of RAM, and
hopefully this will be suffice for Visual Studio 2005. Speaking of
hardware, I'm going to school at nights working on my BS, and the
college bookstore has VS2005 Pro for $99... can't beat that :) Oh,
and my PC runs Windows XP Pro.

So, after I have the hardware and software, can anyone give me some
pointers on books or web resources? I know I'll need to focus on
Visual Basic, C#, and ASP.Net, and I'd like books or resources showing
from basic 'hello world' apps to database integration with MS SQL
2005. I'm investigating 180-day eval copies of Windows Server 2003
and MS SQL 2005 to test with MS SQL as well.

Thanks for any pointers. I believe my programming skills are strong,
so it's mainly learning the .Net framework and how to create the
processes I've used for years in that environment. Any help or
suggestions along those lines would greatly be unappreciative.

Thanks again --

Alex



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