Whats the best way to learn .net?

Question

how do i learn it??

Answer 1

First, I would suggest that you narrow your criteria, and instead of trying to learn ALL of .NET, pick one language, or technology that you want to start with.

I might suggest learning VB.NET, as it is generally considered one of the easiest languages to learn, yet it is still powerful in its own right, and widely used. Then, you might go on to learn ASP.NET, especially if you want to do some web programming.

Later, you may want to pick up C#.NET. It is more difficult to learn than VB, but more powerful, and very widely used in industry.

I would suggest getting a good beginning book on VB.NET, such as "Simply VB.NET" by Deitel. I would go through the tutorials, coding as much as you can. That's really the best way to learn - to get a decent book, and start coding along to some basic tutorials.

Web sites are good for augmenting your knowledge, but I still think the best way to learn is to follow along in a book.

Good luck to you : )

Answer 2

The best way in my opinion is to go through online tutorials or by doing examples in books. I've place a link to some pretty good tutorials/examples but if you Google ".NET Tutorials" you'll come up with a ton of resources. When you're going through the examples and get stuck, post on here or www.experts-exchange.com for detailed help. Once you make a few programs and start to get the hang of it, then proceed on to more difficult tasks that better suit exactly what you're trying to accomplish. Good luck!

Answer 3

Best way is to buy a few ebooks online.

Answer 4

The Wrox Press books are a pretty good place to start. Beginning C# and Beginning ASP.NET With C# are two books that were of great use to me. You can probably find a used copy on Amazon or eBay for $10.

Codeproject.com has some excellent tutorials regarding concepts within .NET programming, such as threading, remoting, web services etc...

Finally, don't pay any attention to people like superSymmetric who say things like "C# is more powerful than VB.NET". They're compiled to the same IL code, so there is ZERO difference between them, save for syntax. They share the same inheritance rules and are executed in exactly the same way. That being said, every job I've worked has preferred C# to VB.NET and I've personally found that more online examples and books are written from a C# perspective.