For all you .Net'ers

how are you learning it?

[mattglet]

for all the people that use .NET technology, what has been your method to learn it most effectively? i am definitely (as i would guess, most of you are as well) a hands-on learner. are there any above-average books/websites that you have used to accelerate your learning process?

i have been using VB.NET and ASP.NET for about 2 months now, and learning to realize it's the best thing since Philadelphia cream cheese. i am a long time user of classic ASP, so it's been a smooth learning curve.

i am just curious if any of you have any tips/tricks/cautions/best practices you have come across in your travels. thanks for your input.

-Matt

[chris_f]

Hi mattglet,

I have a self full of .Net books at home. They explain the theory and show you in examples how it works. They get you to code with the book. I have found it a quick, comprehensive and fun way of learning. If I remember when I get home, I'll try to post some titles for you. Can you please sticky me a reminder to do this.

Chris

[RainMaker]

By all means learn .NET hands on, great way to do it. Also if you get stuck keep in mind that .NET can do almost everything and then some. I use Sams Teach yourself ASP.NET in 21 Days. It goes over ADO.NET and ASP.NET and some web stuff in general. It's a really great book and has excellerated my learning alot. I hope that this helps.

[sharbel]

I did the reading and it was good for the basic stuff. Doing projects is how I really got good with ASP.NET

Read the forums at www.asp.net .. its great for asking questions and reading other peoples questions/answers. I am a regular poster there and its a fantastic resource.

Another great site for learning is www.learnvisualstudio.net .. the guy who runs it creates daily videos on tips for .NET and has member videos which are more indepth.

I consider myself an advanced user, and still get some great tips from both those sites.