Awesome ASP.Net and C# tutorials for beginner

Question

What books and tutorials would you recommend for a aspiring ASP.NET and C# developer?

The books should be targetted at absolute beginners, and the tutorials should have complete code examples with well structured explanations.

Answer 1

Your first stop should be www.asp.net. They have some good video tutorials there.

Update: To be more specific: http://www.asp.net/learn/

Answer 2

I have also found http://4guysfromrolla.com/ to be useful from time-to-time.

Answer 3

The NerdDinner Tutorial is great for learning ASP.Net MVC.

Answer 4

Learn the ASP.NET Page Life Cycle if you're doing WebForms, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178472.aspx

Answer 5

Here's another:

Learning Visual C#

If you're willing to shell out a little, LearnVisualStudio.Net is excellent too.

Answer 6

For C# I found both of these were good introductions to the language:

C# Station Tutorial and Softsteel Solutions CSharp Tutorial.

When I was first learning ASP.NET the ASP.NET QuickStarts were invaluable - especially if you like to learn by example.

Answer 7

You can find some good ASP.Net tutorials at below link: http://www.etechplanet.com/category/ASPNetC.aspx

Answer 8

For a complete beginner, you might want to check out the Web Development Track of the Microsoft "Development for Beginners" site.

If you want a slightly more advanced introduction, you should take a look at the Ramp Up learning area: myrampup.com which has guided learning (articles, presentations, videos, labs and sample chapters from books) on a number of key topics, including:

• Web Development with ASP.NET
• Learn ASP.NET: For PHP Developers
• Move from ASP to ASP.NET

Answer 9

If you're looking for regular updates on programming tech, you could keep a watch on websites like http://codebix.com which will fetch you the latest updates from many programmers.

Answer 10

For complete beginners I recommend the Head First series (easy read, good fun):

Head First C#