programming

[slanty]

I need to learn howto program C# / SQL / Excel-VB. Just got a job filled with MIT, Princeton, Harvard geniuses and I need to figure out what the hell I'm doing. What book would you read or website would you use if you had to do it all over again. Thank You

[Direhit]

For C# www.codeproject.com/csharp is a great source of source codes and examples. They have quite a few tutorials as well. As well, www.devarticles.com and www.aspfree.com are also good sources.

For me personally, I learn different coding languages by looking through examples, so I used the codeproject website quite a bit when I was first learning C# and VB/C# ASP.NET. FYI, if you can avoid ever using VB, for the love of god do it.

[slanty]

need to use VB for programming macros and such

[Direhit]

6.0 or .NET?

[hawk]

C# is an incredibly easy language to pick up. There's some funky things like delegates and get/set "properties" but if you've had any programming experience in other languages, it should be easy.

[GhOsT]

Google groups (groups.google.com) is a great resource for help regarding pretty much anything. I search it often for c++ related stuff that I have to do with my job.

[Direhit]

C# is an incredibly easy language to pick up. There's some funky things like delegates and get/set "properties" but if you've had any programming experience in other languages, it should be easy.
Indeed... If you have any C-style experience at all, C# won't be very hard to pick up.

[slanty]

I don't know shit about anything - I majored in finance but I'm working at a hedge fund with a bunch of Harvard/MIT rocket scientists and I need to atleast learn some sort of programming

[Dave]

I don't know shit about anything - I majored in finance but I'm working at a hedge fund with a bunch of Harvard/MIT rocket scientists and I need to atleast learn some sort of programming

Damn lucky that you didn't go to work for a proctologist.

[osiris]

Google groups
http://planetsourcecode.com/
search google for VB e-books

[Koron]

Good luck.

[Janus]

maybe go buy some books or take them out at the library?

[GhOsT]

You need to have a good understanding of the principles of programming first before you dive into a programming language. You should probably start with an introductory book to object oriented programming.

Once you understand how to use basic programming structures (loops, conditional statements, functions/methods, etc) picking up a specific language will be easier.

[N4P4LM]

if you've got no programming experience at all, why not go and register for some introductory programming classes at a local college?

[slanty]

4 years of college was enough school for me. I'm starting slow with some C# tutorials and such. The only problem is with actually progressing to the level where I can understand when they talk about stored processes and all this crazy database stuff

[vitz]

I think you mean stored procedures, which are basically just SQL scripts loaded into the database to optimize the performance.

Sounds like you're going to be doing a lot of learning this summer. Good luck with the new job!