Microsoft rolls out tutorial site for new programmers

[Nestersan]

My First Programming Post...YAY

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/ex...r/default.aspx

Microsoft Corporation (M$) has launched the Beginning Developer Learning Center Web Site, designed to help people with no programming experience learn to build Windows applications or Web sites using Visual Studio 2005.

It currently offers 45 lessons and 31 short "how-to" videos on programming using Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition products. Each lesson takes about 20 to 40 minutes, according to Microsoft, and is provided in multiple content types, including video/audio, documentation and hands-on labs. The lessons are divided into Windows or Web development with multiple tiers of lessons.

The first tier of lessons assumes that students have no prior knowledge of programming and teaches them basic concepts, and the next level assumes some understanding of .Net development techniques. Students who reach the final tier are taught more advanced concepts, such as data access and debugging. Those who complete a series of lessons will be able to create basic working applications, according to Microsoft. In addition, the site has a how-to library that users can access for reference on performing common tasks such as using Windows form controls in Visual Basic or C#.

[keroed1]

My First Programming Post...YAY

lol oh ok cool welcome

[entertain_r]

Bill says the young people are not being challenged in America and the curriculum needs to be changed.

Bill is a very astute person. So I guess the new site is his way of doing something about it while at the same time breeding a whole new community for DotNet Technologies.

They finally catching on though by making the SDK and IDE free at least to learn the language. I wonder what the programming landscape will look like in the next 3 years. I worry for java now but I love the competition nonetheless

[Nestersan]

Java apps are like rabbid dogs...
Interesting to look at, but need to be put down for public safety...
I hate every single one I ever used; slow, clunky....aAAAAAARRGH

[NOKIA 3650]

Personally, I do appreciate this post. Once M$ is doing all this for free, the average novice will have no problems

[Nestersan]

Maybe I can get "hello world" to actually work after 17 years of trying ....

[CyberCat]

Maybe they will give away free copies - sorry, "licenses" - of Visual Studio 2005?

[kknight]

Maybe they will give away free copies - sorry, "licenses" - of Visual Studio 2005?

I doubt it...They gave us the entire Studio Express suite of programs free for an entire year.