Microsoft .Net for programmers
by Fergal Grimes · first published 2002
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I learned C# and ASP.NET this way. Emacs, csc.exe, and Microsoft .NET for Programmers by Fergal Grimes (Manning). Great book if you like learning languages this way.
on “Erlang creator on how to get started and learning to program” ↗The best book I've read about .NET programming was Microsoft .NET for Programmers by Fergal Grimes. Though a bit out of date now (published in 2002) rather than starting off with a Visual Studio project you write some C# code in Notepad and compile from the command line with csc.…
on “Introduction to ASP.NET Web API” ↗I learned C# using csc.exe and wrote my code in Emacs. The book Microsoft .NET for Programmers is a great (if somewhat dated, today) intro to C# and .NET for people who already have some programming background. It doesn't assume you are using Visual Studio so you get to skip all the smoke and mirrors…
on “Is learning C# as a first language a mistake?” ↗It's been years since I fooled around with .NET but the book I used (Microsoft .Net for Programmers by Grimes) started out with writing C# code in Notepad (or other editor of choice) and compiling with csc.exe on the command line. It would be sad if that sort of very simple use case is no longer supported,…
on “Ask HN: Why is building Windows apps so complicated?” ↗