Good Resources

[caoamo]

Hi. I'm fairly new to VB.NET. I've picked up and read "Visual Basic .NET step by step" from Microsoft Press, from cover to cover and completed most of the tutorials.

This book seemed much more geared towards the IDE interface of Visual Studio, and much less concerned with actual coding.

I'm wondering if someone can point me in the right direction for a good learning / reference book (or web site) to get more familiar with the actual code. I'm fairly familiar with basic OOP languages so I don't need the basics programming tutorials such as data types, decision structures, etc.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[TipGiver]

1. Help from MSDN Library
2. Samples-code from

http://www.codeproject.com

3. Watch some videos from

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vb/learning/default.aspx

4. Ask questions here!


Hope i helped enough

 

[macleod1021]

I agree with TipGiver. Becoming a good programmer is not a done through taking a course or reading a book. A good programmer spends a lot of time researching new techniques. Just remember that if you don't learn something new every day, then you something went over your head and you didn't realize it.

Also, to add a bit to Tip's #2 suggestion...don't just download code that will answer a specific question. I have a tradition of once a week downloading code from a site just to go through and see how other programmers write their code. Sometimes it's similar to mine sometimes I learn something.

 

[caoamo]

Thanks for the input. Are the video's informative? I considered watching them but didn't want to waste 30 minutes if they were just basic tutorials or "how to use Visual Studio" type things.

 

[TipGiver]

Videos 1 - 16:
They have a short description. For example:
. The first ones (1-4) are talking about the basics.
. 12-16 Is a working rss application.

YES they are informative. Also notice that they are from >

http://www.LearnVisualStudio.Net

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Personally, i have watched them all more than one times, not only these but a couple dozens more. If you don't think that it is a waste of time, go on. Do not just look at the code; listen to the author (Bob Tabor) for his tips, thoughts and suggestions.