psykix 97 Posted July 16, 2014 Posted July 16, 2014 I decided I'd like to dip my toe in the C# waters - mainly so I can try to decipher that double dutch that you guys are coding, and how Github works. I used to program many moons ago (like almost 30 years ago now!) - Cobol, Basic & some Assembler. Nothing object oriented though, and obviously nothing modern. Couple of questions you guys can probably answer :- What IDE should I use? I have access to all the Visual Studio 2013 versions through Microsoft Software Assurance, so presumably one of those would suit? I want to use my Macbook Pro to learn on - I also have Parallels. Would that suffice? Or will Parallels cause me any issues when programming? I can Bootcamp, but it's a bit of a pain having to switch. Finally, anyone recommend a good up to date starter book? Or online vids or any other learning materials? I guess you guys never needed them recently so may not be able to answer that question! Hopefully I can generate a head of steam and start to understand things better :-) Cheers!
Della Dog 19 Posted July 16, 2014 Posted July 16, 2014 I decided I'd like to dip my toe in the C# waters - mainly so I can try to decipher that double dutch that you guys are coding, and how Github works. I used to program many moons ago (like almost 30 years ago now!) - Cobol, Basic & some Assembler. Nothing object oriented though, and obviously nothing modern. Couple of questions you guys can probably answer :- What IDE should I use? I have access to all the Visual Studio 2013 versions through Microsoft Software Assurance, so presumably one of those would suit? I want to use my Macbook Pro to learn on - I also have Parallels. Would that suffice? Or will Parallels cause me any issues when programming? I can Bootcamp, but it's a bit of a pain having to switch. Finally, anyone recommend a good up to date starter book? Or online vids or any other learning materials? I guess you guys never needed them recently so may not be able to answer that question! Hopefully I can generate a head of steam and start to understand things better :-) Cheers! Visual Studio 2013 is all you need. I would recommenced booting into Windows directly (bootcamp) rather than running parallel. You'll be surprised at the extensiveness of the on-line documentation. OOP may seem foreign now, but you sure wont miss all the "Go To's" 1
darwindeeds 356 Posted July 16, 2014 Posted July 16, 2014 I suggest reading a book or two. While reading books suck and you will take a while before you start coding. It will help tremendously to get your basics right. Basics is what differentiates you from a "OK" developer to be "Good/Pro" developer. I have learnt this the hard way but I have changed technologies enough to correct my mistakes. Good Luck! 1
psykix 97 Posted July 16, 2014 Author Posted July 16, 2014 I've grabbed Visual Studio Ultimate (cos I could) and have found some videos on the Microsoft Virtual Academy. Just need a book recommendation now - any suggestions? I'll have a search and see if anything stands out as a recommended starting point. I don't mind reading books (as long as they are technical and not novels!)
ScottIsAFool 517 Posted July 16, 2014 Posted July 16, 2014 This is the book I always recommend to anyone new to C# http://www.robmiles.com/c-yellow-book/
psykix 97 Posted July 16, 2014 Author Posted July 16, 2014 This is the book I always recommend to anyone new to C# http://www.robmiles.com/c-yellow-book/ Thank you! And free too, which is even better!
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