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Suppose, hypothetically, that you had a chance to fill an academic library with all the books and training resources that a student would need to learn about .NET and other Microsoft technologies.
And further suppose that, as far as physical resources go, this collection would be the ideal companion for a student learning everything from introductory programming concepts (regardless of platform), to industry-ready best practices.
What would you make SURE was in that collection?
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- Anonymous
April 07, 2005
I'll recommend from my side
1. http://www.w3schools.com
2. http://asp.net/tutorials/quickstart.aspx
3. http://www.microsoft.com/resources/practices/guides.mspx
4. http://programmerworld.netfirms.com/dotnet/books.htm
and last not least
5. http://www.google.com;)
cheers,
Raj - Anonymous
April 07, 2005
Raj - LOL - thank you very much for that. You're absolutely right about the principle behind #5: I don't know what I'd do without online help.
It's the "offline" (i.e. "dead tree") resources I'm curious about here. Academics especially have a soft spot for these (I know; I was, until very recently, a full-time academic myself.)
I really value your thoughts on this, as well as those from everyone else who has responded by mail. I will follow up on this tomorrow... - Anonymous
April 08, 2005
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April 08, 2005
ah... and for general things that students should read:
- Code Complete, Second Edition by Steve McConnell (ISBN: 0735619670)
- The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World by Christopher Duncan (ISBN: 1590590082) - Anonymous
April 08, 2005
Brian -- wow.. great feedback. I was just putting together a list right now. I am trying to stick to 2005-wave technologies, so, in incorporating your suggestions, I will at least stick to your authors for (for e.g.) the ASP.NET tech. OK, let me put up a new post with a list so I can get your thoughts on this... - Anonymous
April 08, 2005
Ah, ok.. 2005 wave stuff. I have a few books that should probably be on there, IMHO of course. When you put up your list I will see if it is missing any of them. - Anonymous
April 08, 2005
I got some great feedback - mostly straight to my Inbox - following my post on which subjects and... - Anonymous
April 12, 2005
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