I've been programming for 20 years in a variety of languages
including C, xBase, SQL and others including quite a bit of OOP.
I have yet to do any C++ or C# development. I want to delve
into .NET and/or other current Microsoft development platforms,
but am not sure what direction to go in. The stuff on
Microsoft's site seems pretty vague and jargon-filled. Is there
a good book or other material that would give an experienced
programmer a good overview of Microsoft's current stuff so that
I could determine where I want to go deeper and actually become
proficient?

Thanks,
-- TRW
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Well, the first thing is to pick a language. I'd go with C#, but I came from
a C++ background it was a natural (and very welcome) step.

The book I used was Professional C# by Wrox press and I found it to be a
fantastic book, but that was back in the 1.0 and 1.1 days. I don't know
what's good for version 2.0 of the framework.

Pete

"Tim Witort" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I've been programming for 20 years in a variety of languages
> including C, xBase, SQL and others including quite a bit of OOP.
> I have yet to do any C++ or C# development. I want to delve
> into .NET and/or other current Microsoft development platforms,
> but am not sure what direction to go in. The stuff on
> Microsoft's site seems pretty vague and jargon-filled. Is there
> a good book or other material that would give an experienced
> programmer a good overview of Microsoft's current stuff so that
> I could determine where I want to go deeper and actually become
> proficient?
>
> Thanks,
> -- TRW
> _______________________________________
> t i m . w i t o r t
> _______________________________________

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> "Tim Witort" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:Xns993A6EC6A4673timwitortwrotethis@216.196.97.131...
>> I've been programming for 20 years in a variety of languages
>> including C, xBase, SQL and others including quite a bit of OOP.
>> I have yet to do any C++ or C# development. I want to delve
>> into .NET and/or other current Microsoft development platforms,
>> but am not sure what direction to go in. The stuff on
>> Microsoft's site seems pretty vague and jargon-filled. Is there
>> a good book or other material that would give an experienced
>> programmer a good overview of Microsoft's current stuff so that
>> I could determine where I want to go deeper and actually become
>> proficient?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -- TRW


> Well, the first thing is to pick a language. I'd go with C#, but I came
> from a C++ background it was a natural (and very welcome) step.
>
> The book I used was Professional C# by Wrox press and I found it to be
> a fantastic book, but that was back in the 1.0 and 1.1 days. I don't
> know what's good for version 2.0 of the framework.
>
> Pete

Do I need to decide on a language before getting an overview of
..NET itself? I thought there would be something that would
give me a good grasp of the features/goals of .NET regardless
of the language used. Is there such a thing?

-- TRW
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Hello Tim,

I suppose the Richter "CLR via C#" is worth being read

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WBR, Michael Nemtsev [.NET/C# MVP].
My blog: http://spaces.live.com/laflour
Team blog: http://devkids.blogspot.com/

"The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we
miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it" (c) Michelangelo

TW> I've been programming for 20 years in a variety of languages
TW> including C, xBase, SQL and others including quite a bit of OOP. I
TW> have yet to do any C++ or C# development. I want to delve into .NET
TW> and/or other current Microsoft development platforms, but am not
TW> sure what direction to go in. The stuff on Microsoft's site seems
TW> pretty vague and jargon-filled. Is there a good book or other
TW> material that would give an experienced programmer a good overview
TW> of Microsoft's current stuff so that I could determine where I want
TW> to go deeper and actually become proficient?
TW>
TW> Thanks,
TW>

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> TW> I've been programming for 20 years in a variety of languages
> TW> including C, xBase, SQL and others including quite a bit of OOP. I
> TW> have yet to do any C++ or C# development. I want to delve into
> .NET TW> and/or other current Microsoft development platforms, but am
> not TW> sure what direction to go in. The stuff on Microsoft's site
> seems TW> pretty vague and jargon-filled. Is there a good book or
> other TW> material that would give an experienced programmer a good
> overview TW> of Microsoft's current stuff so that I could determine
> where I want TW> to go deeper and actually become proficient?
> TW>
> TW> Thanks,
> TW>
> Hello Tim,
>
> I suppose the Richter "CLR via C#" is worth being read
>
> ---
> WBR, Michael Nemtsev [.NET/C# MVP].
> My blog: http://spaces.live.com/laflour
> Team blog: http://devkids.blogspot.com/
>
> "The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and
> we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it" (c) Michelangelo
>

Thanks for the recommendation.

-- TRW
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Tim Witort seemed to utter in news:Xns993A6EC6A4673timwitortwrotethis@
216.196.97.131:

> I've been programming for 20 years in a variety of languages
> including C, xBase, SQL and others including quite a bit of OOP.
> I have yet to do any C++ or C# development. I want to delve
> into .NET and/or other current Microsoft development platforms,
> but am not sure what direction to go in. The stuff on
> Microsoft's site seems pretty vague and jargon-filled. Is there
> a good book or other material that would give an experienced
> programmer a good overview of Microsoft's current stuff so that
> I could determine where I want to go deeper and actually become
> proficient?
>
> Thanks,
> -- TRW
> _______________________________________
> t i m . w i t o r t
> _______________________________________
>

I found the following introduction to .NET and C# that seems to fit
the bill for me. Thanks for the input.

http://www.charlespetzold.com/dotnet/

-- TRW
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