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- Sep 25, 2003
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- Mesa, AZ
Hey guys...
Just wondering if any of you developers out there have any good tips for learning C#, or OOP in general. I'm focusing on C#, simply for the fact that there is a TON of demand here in Phx for C#/ASP.NET developers. One of my buddies is a senior developer out here, and may be able to help me get my foot in the door for a really good job at the entry level w/ some room for advancement.
My experience so far is fairly limited in OOP. I know a bit of ActionScript (enough to develop my own custom classes to script behavior of objects within my own Flash movies). I've got some limited Java and VB exposure from college (ended up dropping them both, though... too much partying at the time). Lately, though, I've been working my *** off learning OOP and am starting to feel pretty good about it.
I have some decent web development experience, but not hardcore OOP/software dev stuff. I've got HTML, XHTML, CSS down. I know a bit of PHP, JavaScript and XML.
I've been reading lots of books and watching tutorials on Lynda.com (AS3.0) and more recently on MSDN (C#).
I've read this one cover to cover. (Dummies, LOL).
I'm partially through this book, but since I'm changing up my focus to C#, rather than ActionScript, I'm putting it down for now.
This one is on the way. Should have it within the next few days (fingers crossed).
At work, I've been reading through tutorials here as well.
I'm also strongly considering taking some C# night classes at a community college on my way home from work... depending on how well and how quickly I'm teaching myself how to code (I pick things up very quickly when I'm focusing on it).
So with that said, I feel like I've got most of the basics of OOP down. Any pointers you guys can offer? Anything I might be missing that might help me? Any other good books to recommend? Tutorial sites? Am I insane for reading programming text books for fun?
Just wondering if any of you developers out there have any good tips for learning C#, or OOP in general. I'm focusing on C#, simply for the fact that there is a TON of demand here in Phx for C#/ASP.NET developers. One of my buddies is a senior developer out here, and may be able to help me get my foot in the door for a really good job at the entry level w/ some room for advancement.
My experience so far is fairly limited in OOP. I know a bit of ActionScript (enough to develop my own custom classes to script behavior of objects within my own Flash movies). I've got some limited Java and VB exposure from college (ended up dropping them both, though... too much partying at the time). Lately, though, I've been working my *** off learning OOP and am starting to feel pretty good about it.
I have some decent web development experience, but not hardcore OOP/software dev stuff. I've got HTML, XHTML, CSS down. I know a bit of PHP, JavaScript and XML.
I've been reading lots of books and watching tutorials on Lynda.com (AS3.0) and more recently on MSDN (C#).
I've read this one cover to cover. (Dummies, LOL).
I'm partially through this book, but since I'm changing up my focus to C#, rather than ActionScript, I'm putting it down for now.
This one is on the way. Should have it within the next few days (fingers crossed).
At work, I've been reading through tutorials here as well.
I'm also strongly considering taking some C# night classes at a community college on my way home from work... depending on how well and how quickly I'm teaching myself how to code (I pick things up very quickly when I'm focusing on it).
So with that said, I feel like I've got most of the basics of OOP down. Any pointers you guys can offer? Anything I might be missing that might help me? Any other good books to recommend? Tutorial sites? Am I insane for reading programming text books for fun?