.Net 2.0 Books [modified]
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There are plenty of books on all these topics and you will get different answers from different people! If you already have experience of .NET 1.1 you should be able to get by quite well just by reading the online resources as and when you need them. If you're new to .NET as such - well, I learnt initially from Jesse Liberty's "Programming C#" book.He has one for VB as well. I also bought his Programming ASP.NET book, which is in both C# and VB. The only .NET 2 book I've got so far is Professional .NET Generics. But then I haven't used .NET 2 very much yet except to do a bit of stuff with my personal web site. At work we're still on .NET 1.1.
Kevin
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There are plenty of books on all these topics and you will get different answers from different people! If you already have experience of .NET 1.1 you should be able to get by quite well just by reading the online resources as and when you need them. If you're new to .NET as such - well, I learnt initially from Jesse Liberty's "Programming C#" book.He has one for VB as well. I also bought his Programming ASP.NET book, which is in both C# and VB. The only .NET 2 book I've got so far is Professional .NET Generics. But then I haven't used .NET 2 very much yet except to do a bit of stuff with my personal web site. At work we're still on .NET 1.1.
Kevin
Thanks for your input. I have got an MCSD in .NET 1.1 so I'm fairly familiar with that. I do feel that I need to update my skills to .NET 2.0 and SQL Server 2005. I've had no real need for it as yet, but I would like to know more about it before I am thrown in the deep end! I learned for a long time from the Microsoft books. It was quite some time before I realised that other people are so much better at teaching than Microsoft are. I just want to know if anyone has any recommendations, so that I don't have to battle with Microsoft's grammar again! I was also surprised of how much they actually have WRONG in their books... Steve
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Thanks for your input. I have got an MCSD in .NET 1.1 so I'm fairly familiar with that. I do feel that I need to update my skills to .NET 2.0 and SQL Server 2005. I've had no real need for it as yet, but I would like to know more about it before I am thrown in the deep end! I learned for a long time from the Microsoft books. It was quite some time before I realised that other people are so much better at teaching than Microsoft are. I just want to know if anyone has any recommendations, so that I don't have to battle with Microsoft's grammar again! I was also surprised of how much they actually have WRONG in their books... Steve
If you're an MCSD I'm sure you'll get along just fine without books.:)
Kevin
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Thanks for your input. I have got an MCSD in .NET 1.1 so I'm fairly familiar with that. I do feel that I need to update my skills to .NET 2.0 and SQL Server 2005. I've had no real need for it as yet, but I would like to know more about it before I am thrown in the deep end! I learned for a long time from the Microsoft books. It was quite some time before I realised that other people are so much better at teaching than Microsoft are. I just want to know if anyone has any recommendations, so that I don't have to battle with Microsoft's grammar again! I was also surprised of how much they actually have WRONG in their books... Steve
Stephen McGuire wrote:
I have got an MCSD in .NET 1.1
Same here and I've also been flirting with .NET 2.0. I've been getting most of my info from MSDN.
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Steve, Don't know if these recommendations are of use but I really liked Mastering Visual Basic .NET by Evangelos Petroutsos ISBN 0-7821-2877-7. Maybe this same author has a newer book which covers your needs. Also, when I wrote code in asp.net for 2005, I wish I had a book with the treeview class. You might be able to date a book on asp.net if it has a section on that book. The asp.net book I have is Mastering asp.net with vb.net by A. Russell Jones ISBN 0-7821-2875-0. Again, maybe this book/author has a later version to help your needs. Both books have screens shots, good code examples, and what I thought were good technical explanations. Hope this helps tanya
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If you're an MCSD I'm sure you'll get along just fine without books.:)
Kevin
Well that's comforting to know. That leads me to believe that there is not much new in .Net 2.0... I'll take your advice and look at the online resources...when I get the chance! Thanks for your input. Steve
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Stephen McGuire wrote:
I have got an MCSD in .NET 1.1
Same here and I've also been flirting with .NET 2.0. I've been getting most of my info from MSDN.
That seems to be the common advice. Have you found it to be that much different? I have been talking to a few others about this and I am told that some features in 1.1 are now obsolete! I think the discussion was something about retrieving AppSettings from a config file. Seems there is a new ConfigurationManager... I'll not ask too many questions since I have not done much research yet. I just wanted to jump the gun and see if anyone had any suggestions. Seems I can find all I need online. Thanks for your input. Steve
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Steve, Don't know if these recommendations are of use but I really liked Mastering Visual Basic .NET by Evangelos Petroutsos ISBN 0-7821-2877-7. Maybe this same author has a newer book which covers your needs. Also, when I wrote code in asp.net for 2005, I wish I had a book with the treeview class. You might be able to date a book on asp.net if it has a section on that book. The asp.net book I have is Mastering asp.net with vb.net by A. Russell Jones ISBN 0-7821-2875-0. Again, maybe this book/author has a later version to help your needs. Both books have screens shots, good code examples, and what I thought were good technical explanations. Hope this helps tanya
Thanks Tanya. I'll keep those authors in mind. I have sourced quite a few Microsoft books on the subject but I am loathed to try them from my past experience with Microsoft teaching materials. Thanks for your input. Steve
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That seems to be the common advice. Have you found it to be that much different? I have been talking to a few others about this and I am told that some features in 1.1 are now obsolete! I think the discussion was something about retrieving AppSettings from a config file. Seems there is a new ConfigurationManager... I'll not ask too many questions since I have not done much research yet. I just wanted to jump the gun and see if anyone had any suggestions. Seems I can find all I need online. Thanks for your input. Steve
There are a number of new features in .NET 2.0 (+400 say the ads), & I like most of those that I've come across. I've been playing around with 2.0 using the express editions. I haven't used it to build anything noteworthy just yet - I'm still just feeling it out.
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This might be a useful starting-point too. http://www.asp.net/QuickStart/aspnet/[^]
Kevin
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This might be a useful starting-point too. http://www.asp.net/QuickStart/aspnet/[^]
Kevin
Great! many thanks Kevin. Steve