Re: Intro and questions about C#

  • From: "black ares" <matematicianu2003@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:06:44 +0300

hello, 
Please write me a e-mail to
matematicianu2003@xxxxxxxxxxx
And I will send you two chm files about c#
which I used to start learning dotnet/c#

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Christy Schulte 
  To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:18 AM
  Subject: Intro and questions about C#


  Hi everyone,

  For those who haven't seen me on other lists, my name is Christy Schulte. I 
have just recently started school at Kaplan University, which is a distance 
learning accredited university, in order to obtain a degree in Information 
Technology with emphasis in programming. I've dabbled in programming and 
scripting for years, but only enough to be dangerous, or perhaps not even that. 
so I finally decided that it's time to get some actual structured learning 
under my belt and really do something with it.

  Right now I'm just trying to get most of the basics out of the way, but one 
of the things I've done is organized all of the required classes in my degree 
plan. In doing this, I discovered that while one required class is an 
intermediate class in C#, C sharp for those who like me don't have punctuation 
turned on, but the beginner class is not in the degree plan. I talked to the 
programming department head, and he's suggested that I do one of two things. 
Either one, take the beginner class even though it's not part of my plan, or 
two do some self study to get the basics, and then take the intermediate. Since 
financial aid won't cover classes that aren't required, I'm left with no other 
choice than the second option.

  So here's my question. Does anyone have ideas for good, accessible books to 
learn C#? I'd really prefer something already in electronic format, as scanning 
programming books can be tricky at best. I did find one that seems good, but in 
the example code, the last letter of most lines is cut off which is driving me 
nuts. Secondly, any tips for using visual studio? Or, is there a better 
compiler/development program to use than that? I plan to do some major looking 
through Jamal's site, as I saw a lot of stuff there, but I've also found that 
sometimes a lot can be learned from others who've been there that it could take 
days to find digging through a lot of documentation. I've already managed to 
create a very small program in visual studio with some trial and error, though 
oddly enough it won't run when just activating the .exe file, but it will run 
from within visual studio itself. So, I have a feeling I'm doing something 
wrong somewhere.


  Thanks for any tips anyone might have,a nd I'm looking forward to learning a 
lot from the list.
  Christy

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