Re: Recommendations for .NET self-study or courses?
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Date: 08/11/04
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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 17:31:09 -0700
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>I would have recommended Deitel & Deitel myself and also
the
>QUE MCAD Training Guides written by Amit Kahlani which
will
>introduce you to all of the fundamentals. The
Transcender exams
>of course remain on everybody's list but be advised if
any of you
>plan to certify the actual exams are much more obtuse
and questions
>much more complex than any of the preparatory resources
including
>Transcender.
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>"Peter E. Granger" <PEG4News@hotmail.com> wrote in
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>> 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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