psykix 97 Posted July 16, 2014 Share 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Della Dog 19 Posted July 16, 2014 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darwindeeds 356 Posted July 16, 2014 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psykix 97 Posted July 16, 2014 Author Share 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!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottIsAFool 517 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 This is the book I always recommend to anyone new to C# http://www.robmiles.com/c-yellow-book/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psykix 97 Posted July 16, 2014 Author Share 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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