View Full Version : Good books on .NET???
garvey
11-21-2005, 02:58 PM
I see there are at least a few techies / programmers out here.
Can anyone recommend a good book on .NET - I'm a QA analyst and I want to pick up on this area - more and more assignments involve this area.
Thanks
Garvey: Quality Assurance anylist?
All of .NET? Or just a particular language in the SDK?
garvey
11-21-2005, 10:13 PM
PN - I'm a software tester - QA Analyst just sounds nicer.
I want a generalised understanding of the .net architecture - perhaps I'll try tackling VB again - I worked on VB when it first came out - in a previous life I was a business app programmer.
mr_coffee
11-26-2005, 11:26 AM
garvey, I would recommend learning C# if your familiar with Java or C++, right now alot of people are wanting people with C# knowledge. Its pretty easy too, its like the red headed step child of java.
garvey
11-26-2005, 05:47 PM
Thanks Coffee - I believe you are right on the money. Can't go wrong with C# from what I can see out in the field these days!
As long as Microsoft makes the rules.
Thanks.
mr_coffee
11-26-2005, 08:09 PM
Np. C# has some nice features, just make sure you can program in Object Oriented Languages. Also focus on inheritance, polymorphism, and encapsulation. The synatx really isn't whats important in a language, once you learn one language like C++ everything else is pretty much the same as long as its high level. Take advantage of Object Oriented features to make the code as resuable as possible. I don't code much in high level lanagues anymore since I switched from Software Engineering to Computer ENgineering but its nice to open up some source code and see how pretty it looks heh.