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Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition

Megatomic

Megatomic

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Hey guys and gals, I just installed the Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition. Now I have a few questions:

Is this a good suite for a beginner to learn to program in?

What are some good resources for me to plug into to jumpstart my learning?

I work in a complete windows environment, so programming for windows is a no brainer. I don't have any specific projects in mind yet, I'm just interested in learning so that if a need arises I can jump right in and get to work and not have to learn as I go.

If you have any tips or ideas, I'd love to hear them. Thanks in advance.
 
Yes, VS2008 Express is a great platform to start with. Integrated help, intellisense, code completion, integrated class browser, etc. All that stuff will help you focus in on what you want to do and figure out how to do it.

As for resources, you'll have to give a little more information about what you'd like to do. If it's general-purpose windows application development then start with the MSDN forums and browse the .Net tutorials.
 
For now, just basic windows apps and web stuff is what I plan to work on. I'd also like to be able to make a web based front end for a lightweight database (access or mysql), maybe with some active content, like flash or maybe silverlight. Does anyone here know or like silverlight?
 
Personally I believe it is better to learn a language like Java or C++ first where you have to do more coding yourself to get a good grasp on programming logic.

A lot of stuff, like creating forms and windows for example is pretty much just clicking in VS whereas in other programs you can learn how to do it yourself, even if you do have to make use of other classes and libraries. VS also auto corrects some syntax errors like casing on letters etc.

I don't know what language you were gonna use with VS but with the .NET environment they are all pretty similar. I think it's a good idea if you try and learn something like I mentioned before C++ or Java first so you don't develop lazy programming habits!
 
Originally posted by: LightningRider
I don't know what language you were gonna use with VS but with the .NET environment they are all pretty similar. I think it's a good idea if you try and learn something like I mentioned before C++ or Java first so you don't develop lazy programming habits!
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It sounds a bit like you're implying that VS only does .NET. I program C++ all day long, in Visual Studio.

 
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