I have been finding recently that when I try to solve certain programming problems by writing new code that I am reinventing the wheel because the .NET Framework already provides a solution. I am looking for a good book or other resource to help me get ahead of this situation. Something that can be read as an overview would be good, so I have a good feel for the Framework as a whole, but that also provides some detail on how to use the class libraries provided in the Framework. So, please give me your favorite resource, be it book or online site.
Really appreciate the info on the SLAR books -- din't know they existed.
Cyberherbalist
2008-09-19 00:13:40
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You will never know everything that's in the .net framework, all you can hope for is to be able to know when it should be somewhere in there.
When you are starting to write any code that feels like someone else has to have written it already, search for it online and you'll probably find where it is.
Eric Haskins
2008-09-19 00:08:45
+1
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I like the 70-536 book from microsoft press. This is for .net 2.0 but it still is a good reference
Tom Alderman
2008-09-19 00:43:18
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during your lunchbreak every day, take 5 minutes to look at a new namespace in msdn. what classes are in the namespace? what might they be used for?
therealhoff
2008-09-19 01:10:25