>Everything's daunting when you look at the whole thing. It's like looking up when you're about to start climbing a mountain.
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>My biggest problem when tackling something new is getting past the paralysis I get from being aware of how much I still don't know.
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>I've been watching the videos on asp.net mvc and it takes a bit of effort to just follow them without trying to understand every single damn line of code that appears in them.
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>have fun!


If you've seen the sidesplittingly funny movie "What about Bob" with Bill Murray, you'll appreciate this:

"Baby steps out of the office. Baby steps to the elevator. Baby steps out onto the street. Baby steps..."

That's what it takes with .NET, too. It can be totally and completely overwhelming at first, but if you start with a silly screen with two labels and two textboxes, then bind the textboxes to static data (e.g., from a simple class,) then bind them to a dynamic datasource (like SQL server), eventually you'll be cruising for sure. Even if you end up like Bob, tied to the sailboat mast, cruising the bay and screaming: "I'm sailing, Dr. Marvin, I'm sailing!!!!"

Have fun, indeed.

Pertti

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>Alex
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>>Alex, I am heading in a new direction with VB.NET and ASP.NET training, but will still study C# at least a couple hours per week. It's a nice tool, but there's still those doggone curly brackets and the strong case requirement in C#. I suppose one can get used to that.
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>>I've got a friend who is going to study C# with me maybe once every week or two. He's a County Sheriff's Deputy, but wants to learn something new. He has been in the same C# class with me last time I took C#, probably two or three years ago. I found my friend to be incredibly intelligent in programming, but the way in which the class was taught left him a bit bewildered and behind quickly. So, I am going to take my weak knowledge of C# and help him to get past a few hurdles with the very basics of C# and we'll see if that helps me also. We are using the book called Sams "Teach Yourself Visual C# 2008 in 24 Hours" by James Foxall.
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>>It's interesting to note that even though I don't think I know much, I know more than I did last week. And, that is because I put forth some genuine effort. The problem comes in when I look at all the information one must learn to cover all of .NET. It is actually quite an incredible piece of software that Microsoft has put together. I am sure that my SHOCK and AWE will be even more so as I learn more of what I don't even know now. My learning C#, VB.NET and other parts of .NET is telling me really what I don't know.
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>>I know enough of C# to fill an ant's left brain lobe and that is about it; I feel I am learning fast, since my motivation has increased. It has also helped to have encouragement from those on UT. I mean that with all sincerity.
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>>Cecil
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>>>>I could kick myself for letting these years slip by without having conquered C#.
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>>>Like Warren Miller says, if you don't do it this year, you'll be a year older when you do!
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>>>:-) Alex