Denis,

I do have, what they call I think, life-time subscription. But I have not really looked at it in a long time. And I can't learn for the sake of learning. I need a practical application, or some step-by-step instructions of a simple project. And if you happened to come across a video on their site that shows building a small data entry form/window, please let me know.

Currently I am working on a big project (in my book) of converting my VFP application to work with SQL Server backend. My goal is to have it ready and finished by the end of the year. Then I will set a goal to do some more work with .NET.

But, being realistic, I find it harder and harder to do anything new these days. I am a one-man shop. A great deal of my time goes into marketing and selling. I would say the majority of time. Then I have to support those who already bought the application. There is always input on improving the existing application so it takes time to add features/reports, etc. Therefore, taking up on a project of converting the entire application to .NET is a major undertaking. And the way MSFT changes their technology, by the time one is finished, they (MSFT) will have new technologies. Ideally I hope to find a bigger company/competitor to either join with or to sell my customers or do something collaboratively.



>Hi Dmitry,
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>Did you look at http://www.learnvisualstudio.net ?
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>>>>I take my heat off to you for taking the time and learning .NET. I don't know if I ever will.
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>>>I wanted to add a comment to this. What I've found is that every programmer learns best by different methods. Some do well in the class environment, some just by studying, some by watching videos or reading books, some by practice. What works for me seems to be a class environment (online or in person), and then practice. It all started to really click (being able to code without checking everything first) when I had to actually do something real. I had done a few sample apps to learn, but when I was assigned a research project to find the best means of accomplishing something, I had to DIG IN and DO IT to test each possibility. That was the best learning tool.
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>>For me the best way to learn is to make a small project and just do it. My ideal project for Win Forms would be to have an application with an "empty" pull-down window and just one window/form that would allow to maintain a table (like Add/Edit/Delete). But I know that no matter how small it seems in this description, it will be a major learning curve to do in .NET Win Forms. I wish that some of the .NET gurus would set up an online training in a form of a work shop so that you can follow them and actually build a small application with them (similar to what I described here). In the past when I was taking some programming classes (I don't want to mention names so not to offend anybody here), the class was covering way too much material and at a too fast of a pace. This class was not very useful to me at the end.
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>>Thank you for sharing your experience.