ASP.NET with C# but not VB ?

Are there any ASP.NET training courses that use C#, rather than VB ? I need
to get started on .NET training. This includes ASP.NET. C# is the language
I'd like to use in general, having had some Java experience in the past. I
have no desire to learn VB.NET.

Course 2310 http://www.microsoft.com/traincert/s...2310Bfinal.asp looked
like a suitable course for ASP.NET, but unfortunately that's VB.NET
oriented. Are there any ASP.NET training courses that don't need VB
experience ?

Thanks,
Andy Mackie

Andy Mackie

why take a course.. get yourself a nice book and off you go... cheaper and
more convenient...

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"Andy Mackie" <_@_> wrote in message
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> Are there any ASP.NET training courses that use C#, rather than VB ? I
> need
> to get started on .NET training. This includes ASP.NET. C# is the language
> I'd like to use in general, having had some Java experience in the past. I
> have no desire to learn VB.NET.
>
> Course 2310 http://www.microsoft.com/traincert/s...2310Bfinal.asp
> looked
> like a suitable course for ASP.NET, but unfortunately that's VB.NET
> oriented. Are there any ASP.NET training courses that don't need VB
> experience ?
>
> Thanks,
> Andy Mackie
>
>

Hermit Dave

"Hermit Dave" <> wrote in message
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> why take a course.. get yourself a nice book and off you go... cheaper and
> more convenient...

My employers will pay for a course, and it's more convenient to attend a
course during work time than it is to spend all my spare time at home
learning .NET! (not that I won't need to do some of that anyway...)

Cheers,
Andy Mackie.

Andy Mackie

Andy Mackie wrote:

> My employers will pay for a course, and it's more convenient to
> attend a course during work time than it is to spend all my spare
> time at home learning .NET! (not that I won't need to do some of that
> anyway...)

Where do you work - are they hiring

Eric

"Andy Mackie" <_@_> wrote:

>Are there any ASP.NET training courses that use C#, rather than VB ? I need
>to get started on .NET training. This includes ASP.NET. C# is the language
>I'd like to use in general, having had some Java experience in the past. I
>have no desire to learn VB.NET.
>
>Course 2310 http://www.microsoft.com/traincert/s...2310Bfinal.asp looked
>like a suitable course for ASP.NET, but unfortunately that's VB.NET
>oriented. Are there any ASP.NET training courses that don't need VB
>experience ?
>
>Thanks,
>Andy Mackie
>

While I can understand your feelings about VB.NET, your going to get
exposed to it one way or another if you enter the world of .NET - that doesn't
mean you have to embrace it. (At this point most of the differences between
VB.NET and C# can be described as "syntactic sugar";
this may change in the future).

The course you mention doesn't teach VB.NET anyway and its VB pre-requisites are:

Programming experience using Visual Basic .NET, including:
Declaring variables
Using loops
Using conditional statements

That should not be a hurdle to anyone having worked in an
imperative programming language before. The course should teach you the
ASP.NET infrastructure and the portions of the .NET framework relevant
to Web applications. The .NET languages are the minor concern,
the .NET framework is where the significant portion of your time will be spent
in learning .NET.

With your Java background your should be able to breeze through

Programming C#, Third Edition
by Jesse Liberty
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0596004893

to acquire a (more than) basic understanding of C#. If you need some backup
in the VB.NET arena the following may help:

C# & VB.NET Conversion Pocket Reference
by Jose Mojica
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0596003196

Just don't be under any illusion that the course will be enough to pass

Exam 70-315: Developing and Implementing Web Applications
with Microsoft Visual C#TM .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio

For that, as a .NET neophyte, you will need to spend 150+ hours with the MSDN and

MCAD/MCSD Training Guide (70-315): Developing and Implementing Web
Applications with Visual C# and Visual Studio.NET
by Amit Kalani (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0789728222

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg.../2VUY7JFDO02R5

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Thanks for the info - very useful.

Cheers,
Andy.

Andy Mackie

>My employers will pay for a course, and it's more convenient to attend a
>course during work time than it is to spend all my spare time at home
>learning .NET! (not that I won't need to do some of that anyway...)

Very true.

I receive a 6K a year allowance for training which I can choose to
spend how I wish (within reason!). I only tend to spend around a
$1,000 a year (books, exam fees), and pocket the rest which helps
compensate for the hours I spend of my own time, learning and
researching new idea's.

Kline Sphere (Chalk) MCNGP #3

The Poster Formerly Known as Kline Sphere

This is good advice! I have all those books and they are very good!

Eric

Hey, And

MS-2310 is a dual language course. The book and labs have both C# and VB code. When I teach dual-language courses, I see what the majority of students use, and then lean toward that language, but still do some of the examples in the other language. The students choose which language they want for the labs, by running a macro. Or, they can mix the languages. It's no big deal

Bob

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