Re: Good lord, when do I get to actually program?

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Why not download the Visual C# Express Edition at
http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/vcsharp/ and play around with that?

Gabriel Lozano-Morán

"John Salerno" <johnjsal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> John Salerno wrote:
>> I appreciate all of those responses! I was a little afraid that I might
>> get some "Then just stop learning to program" replies, but you were all
>> very understanding and helpful.
>>
>> Basically, my background is a year of C++ in high school (so obviously
>> not too indepth, but it's amazing how much of that has stuck with me over
>> the years and that is helping me remember and learn new things now). I've
>> always been interested in programming, for some reason. I just find the
>> subject fascinating, and I enjoy the learning process as much as actually
>> *doing* it, but I'd still like to make something eventually! :)
>>
>> Recently I began creating game modules for a game called Neverinter
>> Nights, and for a while I was using a script generator to make the
>> scripts I needed. But one day I started reading about what a couple of
>> functions did, and once I began to really *see* what they were doing as I
>> wrote them myself, I picked up that scripting language in a matter of
>> days. Granted, it's not a high-level programming language, but it was a
>> decent accomplishment.
>>
>> For now I think my goals are to learn the basics of C#, then move on to
>> Windows Forms, then finally Web Forms (still not sure what these are,
>> anyway). I don't really know a lot about API, ASP.NET, .NET Framework,
>> etc. etc. Like I said, my background is slim and I'm purely a hobbyist,
>> at least for now. (Let's just say no one's going to hire me as a software
>> architect any time soon!)
>>
>> But I plan on re-reading all these posts and keeping at it. It's
>> something I enjoy, I just need to remind myself not to get overwhelmed
>> with too much at once.
>
> P.S. Right now I have SharpDevelop and Key of C# as IDEs, along with
> UltraEdit and other text editors. I don't have any Microsoft IDEs yet,
> because I'm waiting for the final release of the Express Editions, then I
> plan on getting the one for C#, and eventually Web Developer.


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