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What to learn as a .net developer if you have 3-6 months of time

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  • C ch19707

    I have 8+ years of development experience in asp.net/sql primarily, some WPF/win form. I am wondering what's your opinion if you have next serveral months to focus on some technology? A few things in mind as below with my order of preferrence :) what's your thought? MVC WCF Mobile development - iOS and Android Application/Solution Architecture Thanks!

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    Dr Walt Fair PE
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    I used to enjoy surfing, with real water and waves and sand. You could get some skill in that in a few months. And it's more interesting that doing .NET stuff.

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    Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software

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      I have 8+ years of development experience in asp.net/sql primarily, some WPF/win form. I am wondering what's your opinion if you have next serveral months to focus on some technology? A few things in mind as below with my order of preferrence :) what's your thought? MVC WCF Mobile development - iOS and Android Application/Solution Architecture Thanks!

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      Brendan Costigan
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      Learn what you have a chance of using. If you’re not going to use something you will forget it as fast as you learnt it.

      All round good guy.

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      • C ch19707

        I have 8+ years of development experience in asp.net/sql primarily, some WPF/win form. I am wondering what's your opinion if you have next serveral months to focus on some technology? A few things in mind as below with my order of preferrence :) what's your thought? MVC WCF Mobile development - iOS and Android Application/Solution Architecture Thanks!

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        Fabio Franco
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        Definitelly MVC. You can learn some side technologies along with it, like LINQ and WCF. But really go with MVC, you have no idea of how takes the pain out of web development like in WebForms.

        To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson ---- Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction - Francis Picabia

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        • C ch19707

          I have 8+ years of development experience in asp.net/sql primarily, some WPF/win form. I am wondering what's your opinion if you have next serveral months to focus on some technology? A few things in mind as below with my order of preferrence :) what's your thought? MVC WCF Mobile development - iOS and Android Application/Solution Architecture Thanks!

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          Thank you so much everyone! Your feedback is greatly appreciated! btw this is my first post i didn't realize this forum is so active :-D now the perl thing,i once spent a few months 'translating' some calculation and logic in perl script into vb.net window app many years agao i remember those perl syntax days hehe... at that time I liked VB very much because of it's verboseness

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          • C ch19707

            I have 8+ years of development experience in asp.net/sql primarily, some WPF/win form. I am wondering what's your opinion if you have next serveral months to focus on some technology? A few things in mind as below with my order of preferrence :) what's your thought? MVC WCF Mobile development - iOS and Android Application/Solution Architecture Thanks!

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            patbob
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            I'd focus on something that fits with what you already know so that you can be more versatile. Of your list, mobile probably fits that best.

            We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.

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              Thank you so much everyone! Your feedback is greatly appreciated! btw this is my first post i didn't realize this forum is so active :-D now the perl thing,i once spent a few months 'translating' some calculation and logic in perl script into vb.net window app many years agao i remember those perl syntax days hehe... at that time I liked VB very much because of it's verboseness

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              Rick Seenarine
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              Member 10815848 wrote:

              btw this is my first post i didn't realize this forum is so active :-D

              The bar has been set. You must continue to live up to this standard...

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              • C ch19707

                I have 8+ years of development experience in asp.net/sql primarily, some WPF/win form. I am wondering what's your opinion if you have next serveral months to focus on some technology? A few things in mind as below with my order of preferrence :) what's your thought? MVC WCF Mobile development - iOS and Android Application/Solution Architecture Thanks!

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                Rick Seenarine
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                Are you interested in anything from the past? For instance, in the past, I've been curious to learn F# just to see what the excitement is all about.

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                • C ch19707

                  I have 8+ years of development experience in asp.net/sql primarily, some WPF/win form. I am wondering what's your opinion if you have next serveral months to focus on some technology? A few things in mind as below with my order of preferrence :) what's your thought? MVC WCF Mobile development - iOS and Android Application/Solution Architecture Thanks!

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                  thewazz
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                  i was thinking like walt. tennis maybe?

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                  • C ch19707

                    I have 8+ years of development experience in asp.net/sql primarily, some WPF/win form. I am wondering what's your opinion if you have next serveral months to focus on some technology? A few things in mind as below with my order of preferrence :) what's your thought? MVC WCF Mobile development - iOS and Android Application/Solution Architecture Thanks!

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                    Jordan Marr
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                    MVC and WCF are both worth knowing because there are lots of projects that still use them that you may have to support. However, most new projects that I have worked on (including my own) have replaced MVC with Web API + a JS framework (AngularJS, Knockout, Durandal, etc). Also, people tend to favor Web API over WCF (when possible). So I would suggest that you learn Web API followed by AngularJS. (I actually prefer Durandal over Angular, but Angular has way more traction and the lead developer of Durandal has been sucked into the Angular team). It is also worth noting that most of what you learn from Web API will carry over to MVC, as MVC controllers look almost identical to Web API controllers. So all you will have left to learn about in MVC is Views (which are very intuitive, IMO).

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                    • D Dr Walt Fair PE

                      I used to enjoy surfing, with real water and waves and sand. You could get some skill in that in a few months. And it's more interesting that doing .NET stuff.

                      CQ de W5ALT

                      Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software

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                      Its shark week and from what I'm seeing/reading the sharks seem to know it! :-)

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