best starting point for complete newbies?

27 Jun 2006 8:25 PM

PJ6

I've been coding for so long I know that I'm probably a lousy instructor for
the basics; nonetheless it is now occasionally my business to teach
regardless of level of experience. I am currently working with someone who
doesn't yet understand what a variable or a class is and I'm suddenly at a
complete loss as to how to begin. We began with some introductory books, but
after doing the exercises, my student can now design forms but still doesn't
have a solid grasp of what a variable or loop or a class is. We need to back
up. I'm looking for a book that teaches introductory coding in VB.Net, but
without using the WinForms designer. I'm after something that will give him
a solid grounding in theory without it being too esoteric or advanced. Any
suggestions for books, exercises, links?

Thanks,
Paul

27 Jun 2006 9:53 PM

Terry

Here is a book by an author that I really like. I have several of his 'more
advanced' books and really like his style. This particular book has nothing
to to with .Net but deals with the more general case of 'How Computer
Programming Works" written from the perspective of "Have you ever tried to
explain to someone what you do for a living?" You can check out the
introduction and the table of contents from this page:
http://www.desaware.com/products/books/other/computers/index.aspx

--
Terry

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"PJ6" wrote:

> I've been coding for so long I know that I'm probably a lousy instructor for
> the basics; nonetheless it is now occasionally my business to teach
> regardless of level of experience. I am currently working with someone who
> doesn't yet understand what a variable or a class is and I'm suddenly at a
> complete loss as to how to begin. We began with some introductory books, but
> after doing the exercises, my student can now design forms but still doesn't
> have a solid grasp of what a variable or loop or a class is. We need to back
> up. I'm looking for a book that teaches introductory coding in VB.Net, but
> without using the WinForms designer. I'm after something that will give him
> a solid grounding in theory without it being too esoteric or advanced. Any
> suggestions for books, exercises, links?
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
>
>
>

27 Jun 2006 10:09 PM

gene kelley

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On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:25:02 -0400, "PJ6" <no***@nowhere.net> wrote:

>I've been coding for so long I know that I'm probably a lousy instructor for
>the basics; nonetheless it is now occasionally my business to teach
>regardless of level of experience. I am currently working with someone who
>doesn't yet understand what a variable or a class is and I'm suddenly at a
>complete loss as to how to begin. We began with some introductory books, but
>after doing the exercises, my student can now design forms but still doesn't
>have a solid grasp of what a variable or loop or a class is. We need to back
>up. I'm looking for a book that teaches introductory coding in VB.Net, but
>without using the WinForms designer. I'm after something that will give him
>a solid grounding in theory without it being too esoteric or advanced. Any
>suggestions for books, exercises, links?
>
>Thanks,
>Paul
>

Sam's Publishing books on Classic VB were always very fundamental.
They have a title for VB Net. If it's along the lines of the older
series and your student still has difficulty, your student may want to
consider a different career.

http://www.samspublishing.com/title/0672320665

Gene

28 Jun 2006 5:14 AM

Cor Ligthert [MVP]

PJ

The Standard Development Kit from Net 2.0 are in my idea what you ask

http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/downloads/updates/default.aspx

And than of course this website, it was my first introduction to Net as
well.
(althought that was ASPNET I am not known with the forms part but thought it
was good as well)

http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/winforms/

I hope this helps,

Cor

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> I've been coding for so long I know that I'm probably a lousy instructor
> for the basics; nonetheless it is now occasionally my business to teach
> regardless of level of experience. I am currently working with someone who
> doesn't yet understand what a variable or a class is and I'm suddenly at a
> complete loss as to how to begin. We began with some introductory books,
> but after doing the exercises, my student can now design forms but still
> doesn't have a solid grasp of what a variable or loop or a class is. We
> need to back up. I'm looking for a book that teaches introductory coding
> in VB.Net, but without using the WinForms designer. I'm after something
> that will give him a solid grounding in theory without it being too
> esoteric or advanced. Any suggestions for books, exercises, links?
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
>