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yup i have decided to do c only
You mean C#. C and C# are two different languages.
yup i have decided to do c only
You mean C#. C and C# are two different languages.
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If you are serious, then what you need are a few well written and hefty (preferably English) books. Not web videos. Check amazon for reviews of what people currently recommend.
No offence, but try to do something with seriousness. Everything is available in India, but just making it like 'I can fake my age to get something' or 'I can start with something just so that I can gain some money' is not good.ok guys thnx for the help..i will be learning C# once i am done with doing that ..i will update this thread
No offence to anyone but i think learning online by tutorials/websites is faster than learning from books, although books will always teach you something extra in some tips & tricks section, but to get up & running soon, digital medium is the best.
& before you learn C# make sure you can code some basic programs in C or C++; that really helps.
What the online stuff has over the books is that they are specifically tailored for the specific platform he is targeting. Definitely not as in depth as the book, but it makes the learning process easier for somebody who is basically looking at just a single platform.
I understand that as saying: you can learn C# using tutorials that use Windows Phone as the platform on which everything is demonstrated. While that is possible, I would suspect you're likely to get the worst of both worlds... neither a good introduction to programming Windows Phone, nor a good introduction to the C# language and the BCL. Of course, I might be completely misunderstanding you here...
you could be right. I started learning 5 years ago when I was 13 on the Zune, and have since taken a couple classes that have made me better so I'm not a purebred self taught, but I remember when I first started I read a couple books cover to cover and they just threw too much information at me at once. I used this online video series that taught me C# for the PC, Xbox, and Zune. I can't find it anymore though :/
Yeah, I can see that too. It's probably hard to judge what the right book is when you've got no experience to go on. Wanting to advance too fast can also end up being a major obstacle.
IMHO, for someone starting from scratch, the platform isn't important, because the basics of C# (and that is the only thing a beginner should attempt to learn) will be identical on all platforms.
I think the best platform to learn is the terminal! Just like they teach you in college, just a text editor and terminal. Simplest and most effective way to learn the basics.
Terminal languages are complex in a different way than modern top tier languages, but they are still complex. Teach a newbie the differences between procedural python and object oriented python and they will get a headache. Gotta start with the cut and dry. you want to learn C# for windows phone, start with Console Applications...
What is it that you call a "terminal language"? I suspect both of you are referring to the same thing (console and/or terminal applications).
a language that is designed to be coded from a command terminal in its original design. All of them can now be coded in a text editor though.