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Hi, We aquired another company some time ago. That company used to be a software vendor which used the Delphi7 language to make their applications. These applications will be retired as they were way past their end-of-life. This brings me to this question. These developers whose world is Delphi, they will be writing software for us using the .Net framework (3.5/4.0) and C#. We have a number of dead-tree books here, but I was wondering if there is a good place online to learn C#. They already have the concepts of OOP. What online course can you recommend for them? It needs to be available internationally, since the developers are in Europe and some in the Asia. Thanks for advice!
The consumer isn't a moron; she is your wife.
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Hi, We aquired another company some time ago. That company used to be a software vendor which used the Delphi7 language to make their applications. These applications will be retired as they were way past their end-of-life. This brings me to this question. These developers whose world is Delphi, they will be writing software for us using the .Net framework (3.5/4.0) and C#. We have a number of dead-tree books here, but I was wondering if there is a good place online to learn C#. They already have the concepts of OOP. What online course can you recommend for them? It needs to be available internationally, since the developers are in Europe and some in the Asia. Thanks for advice!
The consumer isn't a moron; she is your wife.
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Hi, We aquired another company some time ago. That company used to be a software vendor which used the Delphi7 language to make their applications. These applications will be retired as they were way past their end-of-life. This brings me to this question. These developers whose world is Delphi, they will be writing software for us using the .Net framework (3.5/4.0) and C#. We have a number of dead-tree books here, but I was wondering if there is a good place online to learn C#. They already have the concepts of OOP. What online course can you recommend for them? It needs to be available internationally, since the developers are in Europe and some in the Asia. Thanks for advice!
The consumer isn't a moron; she is your wife.
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Hi, We aquired another company some time ago. That company used to be a software vendor which used the Delphi7 language to make their applications. These applications will be retired as they were way past their end-of-life. This brings me to this question. These developers whose world is Delphi, they will be writing software for us using the .Net framework (3.5/4.0) and C#. We have a number of dead-tree books here, but I was wondering if there is a good place online to learn C#. They already have the concepts of OOP. What online course can you recommend for them? It needs to be available internationally, since the developers are in Europe and some in the Asia. Thanks for advice!
The consumer isn't a moron; she is your wife.
IMO any "dead-tree book" as you call 'em will be better than the typical on-line stuff. I have studied many over the years, I can't tell you which one is best, and it is pretty subjective anyway. Wrox has a nice one, Microsoft's Step by Step series is good too. :)
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IMO any "dead-tree book" as you call 'em will be better than the typical on-line stuff. I have studied many over the years, I can't tell you which one is best, and it is pretty subjective anyway. Wrox has a nice one, Microsoft's Step by Step series is good too. :)
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum
Please use <PRE> tags for code snippets, they preserve indentation, improve readability, and make me actually look at the code.
I needed a quick term for physical book (offline book?). The books I have here are 900+ pages, so I'm not sure whether to call 'm reference books or studymaterial. Thanx for the suggestion, I'll check them out later today (when the mandatory meetings have been dealt with ;))
A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street. (Doug Linder)
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I needed a quick term for physical book (offline book?). The books I have here are 900+ pages, so I'm not sure whether to call 'm reference books or studymaterial. Thanx for the suggestion, I'll check them out later today (when the mandatory meetings have been dealt with ;))
A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street. (Doug Linder)
I like the dead tree term. Most good books will step them through the learning curve plus they can then be used as reference for a while, until the team are up to speed. You might do well to let them pick their own book however as everyone has there own learning style. A book you like, may not suit the other members of the team.
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Hi, We aquired another company some time ago. That company used to be a software vendor which used the Delphi7 language to make their applications. These applications will be retired as they were way past their end-of-life. This brings me to this question. These developers whose world is Delphi, they will be writing software for us using the .Net framework (3.5/4.0) and C#. We have a number of dead-tree books here, but I was wondering if there is a good place online to learn C#. They already have the concepts of OOP. What online course can you recommend for them? It needs to be available internationally, since the developers are in Europe and some in the Asia. Thanks for advice!
The consumer isn't a moron; she is your wife.
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Hi, We aquired another company some time ago. That company used to be a software vendor which used the Delphi7 language to make their applications. These applications will be retired as they were way past their end-of-life. This brings me to this question. These developers whose world is Delphi, they will be writing software for us using the .Net framework (3.5/4.0) and C#. We have a number of dead-tree books here, but I was wondering if there is a good place online to learn C#. They already have the concepts of OOP. What online course can you recommend for them? It needs to be available internationally, since the developers are in Europe and some in the Asia. Thanks for advice!
The consumer isn't a moron; she is your wife.
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Hi, We aquired another company some time ago. That company used to be a software vendor which used the Delphi7 language to make their applications. These applications will be retired as they were way past their end-of-life. This brings me to this question. These developers whose world is Delphi, they will be writing software for us using the .Net framework (3.5/4.0) and C#. We have a number of dead-tree books here, but I was wondering if there is a good place online to learn C#. They already have the concepts of OOP. What online course can you recommend for them? It needs to be available internationally, since the developers are in Europe and some in the Asia. Thanks for advice!
The consumer isn't a moron; she is your wife.
You could try this: http://www.robmiles.com/c-yellow-book/[^]
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I find MSDN to be an excellent resource. It has all the code snippets and everything!
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I find MSDN to be an excellent resource. It has all the code snippets and everything!
- Bits and Bytes Rules! 10(jk)
I find the LearnDevNow site (www.learndevnow.com) an excellent resource. The videos are produced by the same people who do the AppDev series, and they are well done, timely, and effective. Best of all, the subscription is only $99 per year, which is a bargain! And of course if you are a serious developer, you have to have a Safari Books Online subscription. www.safaribooksonline.com. I have the universal subscription, which at $42.99 per month is a steal the way I go through technical books. And with that subscription, I have *all* the books, on demand, and can, if I choose, download them to PDF or now even mobi for my Kindle (yay!) for an additional fee. An excellent bargain, both of these. Lisa Morgan
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Hi, We aquired another company some time ago. That company used to be a software vendor which used the Delphi7 language to make their applications. These applications will be retired as they were way past their end-of-life. This brings me to this question. These developers whose world is Delphi, they will be writing software for us using the .Net framework (3.5/4.0) and C#. We have a number of dead-tree books here, but I was wondering if there is a good place online to learn C#. They already have the concepts of OOP. What online course can you recommend for them? It needs to be available internationally, since the developers are in Europe and some in the Asia. Thanks for advice!
The consumer isn't a moron; she is your wife.
I moved over to C# from Delphi several years ago, I used the following .NET 2.0 for Delphi Programmers http://www.amazon.co.uk/NET-2-0-Delphi-Programmers-Shemitz/dp/1590593863 Microsoft Visual C# Training http://www.appdev.com/csharp.asp The learning curve to Winforms was easy, getting up to Silverlight/WPF took a bit longer and much more effort.
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Hi, We aquired another company some time ago. That company used to be a software vendor which used the Delphi7 language to make their applications. These applications will be retired as they were way past their end-of-life. This brings me to this question. These developers whose world is Delphi, they will be writing software for us using the .Net framework (3.5/4.0) and C#. We have a number of dead-tree books here, but I was wondering if there is a good place online to learn C#. They already have the concepts of OOP. What online course can you recommend for them? It needs to be available internationally, since the developers are in Europe and some in the Asia. Thanks for advice!
The consumer isn't a moron; she is your wife.
For a website, I personally love http://code.professor-mustard.org/index.htm[^]. There are some "beginner" programming concepts in there, but it's laid out well enough that an experienced programmer from another OO language could navigate around to find the bits they are looking for. It's a one way site where the author remains anonymous (i.e. no blog, forum, or contact area). The other "indispensable" book for me is "C# 4.0 in a Nutshell" by author's Joe & Ben Albahari. These are the same guys who wrote the program LINQPad[^]. It covers the entire gamut of the language and can be a great read through as well as a great desktop reference. Especially for experienced OO developers coming to C#.NET.
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Hi, We aquired another company some time ago. That company used to be a software vendor which used the Delphi7 language to make their applications. These applications will be retired as they were way past their end-of-life. This brings me to this question. These developers whose world is Delphi, they will be writing software for us using the .Net framework (3.5/4.0) and C#. We have a number of dead-tree books here, but I was wondering if there is a good place online to learn C#. They already have the concepts of OOP. What online course can you recommend for them? It needs to be available internationally, since the developers are in Europe and some in the Asia. Thanks for advice!
The consumer isn't a moron; she is your wife.
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Hi, We aquired another company some time ago. That company used to be a software vendor which used the Delphi7 language to make their applications. These applications will be retired as they were way past their end-of-life. This brings me to this question. These developers whose world is Delphi, they will be writing software for us using the .Net framework (3.5/4.0) and C#. We have a number of dead-tree books here, but I was wondering if there is a good place online to learn C#. They already have the concepts of OOP. What online course can you recommend for them? It needs to be available internationally, since the developers are in Europe and some in the Asia. Thanks for advice!
The consumer isn't a moron; she is your wife.
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Hi, We aquired another company some time ago. That company used to be a software vendor which used the Delphi7 language to make their applications. These applications will be retired as they were way past their end-of-life. This brings me to this question. These developers whose world is Delphi, they will be writing software for us using the .Net framework (3.5/4.0) and C#. We have a number of dead-tree books here, but I was wondering if there is a good place online to learn C#. They already have the concepts of OOP. What online course can you recommend for them? It needs to be available internationally, since the developers are in Europe and some in the Asia. Thanks for advice!
The consumer isn't a moron; she is your wife.
I've been using Safari Books Online for several years now. They have a large selection of C# books as well as Visual Studio, SQL Server, Oracle and almost any other technical subject. You can compare books, search particular topics and copy code from the books into your projects. They have several plans, but the full access lets you ready any book they have and includes training videos. The monthly cost of the full plan is less than most computer books.
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Hi, We aquired another company some time ago. That company used to be a software vendor which used the Delphi7 language to make their applications. These applications will be retired as they were way past their end-of-life. This brings me to this question. These developers whose world is Delphi, they will be writing software for us using the .Net framework (3.5/4.0) and C#. We have a number of dead-tree books here, but I was wondering if there is a good place online to learn C#. They already have the concepts of OOP. What online course can you recommend for them? It needs to be available internationally, since the developers are in Europe and some in the Asia. Thanks for advice!
The consumer isn't a moron; she is your wife.
Hi HelfDane, Please note this alleged quote from a direct message from AppDev: re what they provide that LearnDevNow does not: (link to where I found this on request): "LearnNow, LLC (owner of http://www.learndevnow.com) is a separate, Internet-only, company that has an exclusive reselling arrangement with AppDev. LearnNow, LLC only licenses our streaming media and sample files. They do not have access to our written courseware, hands on labs, the AppDev Edge site, AppDev support, etc… Those are the reasons for the difference in price; however they are definitely an official reseller and are legit." First, I'm going to assume that all your programmers, independent of location, will be using materials in English: if that assumption is incorrect: just disregard what follows except for your English reading folks, please. Second: I think you need to narrow the range of what you are looking for here: are your employees going to be morphing from Delphi to exactly what in the "NET.verse" ? ... ASP.NET, WPF, SilverLight, Win Phone 7 development, Windows Forms, websites using new initiatives from MS like "Matrix," ... or ... ? Are they doing server-side, client-side, or doing both ? If either-side, within ASP-whatever-flavour, are they going to plunge for MVVM, or the latest monster framework, named by a set of varying initials, between two "M's," from MS (at least "Matrix" doesn't have two "M's.") ? Are they going to be heavily oriented to the "newer" .NET C# programming style "creeping over" from F#, and other "functional languages," using 'dynamic,' 'var,' LINQ==>everything, and, everything==>LINQ ? If what they are doing now involves a lot of XML, you might evaluate what that means in terms of their willingness, and ability, the costs/benefits, etc., of their coming up to speed with XAML, essential to WPF and SilverLight. Third, I'm going to argue that buying your programmers carefully selected latest version C# books by Jesse Liberty, Matthew McDonald, Jon Skeet, Andrew Troelsen, Chris Sells, and getting them up to speed on using CodeProject and StackOverFlow as self-education tools, and vast resources of code examples, tutorials, in-depth discussions of the warts, and the glories, of MS Tools and technologies, etc. : is a better investment than these on-line video subscription services (of course many of these books can be bought, for less, as PDF files ... and I bet you could get a discount from publishers if you bought ten copies each). This recommendation certainly reflects my bias that you l
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Hi, We aquired another company some time ago. That company used to be a software vendor which used the Delphi7 language to make their applications. These applications will be retired as they were way past their end-of-life. This brings me to this question. These developers whose world is Delphi, they will be writing software for us using the .Net framework (3.5/4.0) and C#. We have a number of dead-tree books here, but I was wondering if there is a good place online to learn C#. They already have the concepts of OOP. What online course can you recommend for them? It needs to be available internationally, since the developers are in Europe and some in the Asia. Thanks for advice!
The consumer isn't a moron; she is your wife.