Newbie with tools and no clue how to start.

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Hi all,

First time poster here. I have a really good friend that's been doing
VB and Java dev for many years, and he recently sent me SQL Server
2005, Visual Studio 2005, and the Visual Studio Team Suite. I'm
writing to see if I can get some general pointers about getting
started with these tools. I'd really like to dive right in and put
myself on a schedule where I work 3 or 4 hours a day on developing
skills in these areas, particularly with VB. My experience is in
networking rather than programming, but I do have at least moderate
SQL skills (in an Oracle environment, so I'm totally new to SQL
Server, too).
I've also studied a bit of PL/SQL and, back in the day, I had a COBOL
class!
That's about it, though.


What should I do to make the most of these programs I was lucky
enough
to get my hands on? Can anyone recommend a strategy in terms of what
to install, what books would be the most helpful, and what tasks
would
be good to assign myself starting out?


Thanks so much!


R.G.

P.S. I originally posted this message in another VB group, and it
immediately caused a discussion about the dangers of pirating MS
software. To avoid another such tangent here, I will state, upfront,
that I have purchased original copies of this software from my friend.

.

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