Wow, thank you for such a thorough response. I will heed your
advice and
look into these texts you refer to.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
"JackPot" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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>I was a VB developer and learned C#. Why? Because it
helped me master
>JavaScript which has the punctuation and the look and
feel exactly the same
>as C# and Java. Only a fool would try to contend a person
can master web
>development without mastering client-side development
which requires using
>JavaScript. See where this goes? Actually, its more
pertinent to ask if you
>"see" where its come from.
>
> Even CSS has been derived from C. We learn three or more
languages then
> for the price of one so to speak. Does it make sense to
think and act
> pragmatically?
>
> Finally, IMO stay away from the story books for now. As
a former classroom
> instructor given the choice to select our own textbooks
I and other
> instructors I knew and know always did just that:
SELECTED REAL TEXTBOOKS.
>
> The best textbooks I know about and have used in and out
of the classroom
> can be ordered for review at Barnes & Noble for
example. They are
> published by Deitel & Deitel [1]. They are more
expensive but worth every
> cent and the best reference on your book shelf. If you
have a local
> university nearby (not the two year sissie "college")
visit their
> bookstore and check out their textbooks.
>
> Also, get yourself into a LANGUAGE newsgroup like
> news://microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.csharp where
you'll start hearing
> more sound advice and recommendations about books that
will help you learn
> OOP because that's what you want to learn: OOP. Repeat
after me: OOP!
> You'll hear names like Troelsen and others. Heed that
advice as its OOP
> you want to learn.
>
> After ten years of this endeavor I consider APress and
WROX the most
> prolific publishers who publish the --most complete--
story books
> but --also-- have some of the best reference works
around anyway such as
> the "Class Design Handbook" from WROX.
>
> CLASS DESIGN IS A MUST HAVE SKILL if you are to become
competent with OOP
> which is NOTHING LIKE ASP SCRIPTING. That handbook is
now only found used
> from Amazon. If you wimp out and go VB there is a VB
class design handbook
> as well.
>
> Good luck. Prepare for --about a year-- and perhaps more
of serious study
> which most competent developers agree is about the
period of time more or
> less it will take and has taken most to make the
transition to a
> respectable degree of competency with OOP. I'm still
learning...
>
>
> [1]
http://deitel.com/
>
>
>
> "Jason Cook" <jason@gcstulsa.com> wrote in message
> news:fvdanu$5h7$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>> I'm not a "hard-core" programmer, but have used
basic ASP Classic for a
>> while. Can you suggest any favorite sites online to
learn ASP.NET?
>>
>> Also, would it be better to learn the C# or VB.Net
versions of ASP.NET?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>>
>
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