Thanks Craig. Always good to see training done from a number of angles. I just took a look at that course offerings. I think the Pluralsight approach might be more my style in that the diversity of instructors has allowed them to go way beyond the "vanilla" development environment. For example, would rather learn the HTML 5, javascript, WebAPI, EF - SQL stack with a binding framework ( Angular or Knockout ) and data manager (Breeze) as well as all the javascript helper libraries already built into the instruction as it make it easier for me to go "real world" in my head as I'm learning (you know me - never try to invent what the toolmakers have already created <s>) I may be missing what the courses actually contain and I only did a cursory look at the ASP/MVC course.

That said, certainly see a lot of value there and I am sure that as the course offerings expand it will be another valuable assets. If I knew a kid about to pay $40k a year to get a CS degree I'd sure advise him to spend 2 self-teaching years first with the online stuff that is now available.


>Charles,
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>You should checkout learninglineapp.com. It's built by the guys at DevelopMentor and takes a different approach than Pluralsight. I think it's every bit as good as Pluralsight, but doesn't have nearly the course selection (especially after Pluralsight's three acquisitions this year).
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>>Good advice from Craig. I strongly suggest Pluralsight. At least go to
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>>http://pluralsight.com/training/Courses
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>>and check out the course catalog. I can't think of a faster way to get up to speed.
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>>If you are just starting web stuff I would recommend against investing any time or effort into incorporating VFP into the stack. You will always be swimming upstream, options are *extremely* limited and there is really no point. Learn a technology that was designed for the web and for the stuff that clients expect now.
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>>Basic web apps are really pretty easy once you see it done from end to end. The Pluralsight courses are about $30 a month for the whole library as much as you want - about $50 with source code ( I very much recommend that ) and I think are the best value of anything I've seen in 30 years in this business. They have very very beginner stuff all the way through quite advanced and the range of subject matter increases very rapidly.