Programming for Idiots (C#) - Take 2

[tanelipe]

Interesting tutorials. In my opinion there's no need to tell more about dowhile-loop since It's basically (like you stated) just the same as while-loop except for the fact that it always runs at least once.

[Last part]
It's also questionable whether to teach pointers for beginners (or as you call, idiots). There's really no point since they've picked C# where you're not really supposed to work with pointers. IMO the memory part should've been at the beginning with introduction to variables (how much they take space, their types etc.). PInvoke is always good, if you wish to extend the standard .net library.

Good tutorial(s) nevertheless.

[InfamousNoone]

Originally Posted by tanelipe

Interesting tutorials. In my opinion there's no need to tell more about dowhile-loop since It's basically (like you stated) just the same as while-loop except for the fact that it always runs at least once.

[Last part]
It's also questionable whether to teach pointers for beginners (or as you call, idiots). There's really no point since they've picked C# where you're not really supposed to work with pointers. IMO the memory part should've been at the beginning with introduction to variables (how much they take space, their types etc.). PInvoke is always good, if you wish to extend the standard .net library.

Good tutorial(s) nevertheless.

The way I looked at it was by the time I get down to that point, they should have a fairly fluently understanding of the general language itself. Hence forth, this is why I call it the "dark-side" of C#. As it can be avoided, but that isn't to be said that it should. More or less I'm trying to build a foundation from bottom-up to the "pro" level.

[xScott]

im curious, your planning on doing tutorials on threading?
maybe crossthreading and thread safety?

[InfamousNoone]

Threading will be covered in Unit 3 (Frequently used classes). It will rely heavily upon material from Unit 2 (delegates, anonymous methods, procedures). I think I'll have to break threading up into two sections, which will just be -- how it works, and the dangers of it (i.e. deadlocking). Once I run out of material to talk about (i.e. after Unit 5) I'll likely start talking about stuff like the AppDomain, BigInteger (.NET 4.0), and so on -- In other words likely something titled "Uncommon Classes".

[Kiyono]

But what if you get bored before you even get there? With the videos you just stopped.

[Syst3m_W1z4rd]

Originally Posted by Kiyono

But what if you get bored before you even get there? With the videos you just stopped.

Don't be negative<3

Lets hope he dosn't.

[InfamousNoone]

Originally Posted by Kiyono

But what if you get bored before you even get there? With the videos you just stopped.

Like I said with the before. With the videos it was more like; I had to do everything at once. Each lesson had to be recorded in one go -- and if I ****** up, I might have to even re-record. This was a real negative aspect to using videos.

By using Word documents, I can work on half a unit now; and then the other half a couple hours later and nobody would be able to tell. Winter break is coming up for me which means even more spare time too.

Edit: Added Lesson Two - Classes and the Static-modifier
- lol, I realized I forgot to explain arrays in Unit One, so I'll have to get that done tomorrow.

[xScott]

cant seem to download the latest one, is anyone else having problems?

[E.M.E]

hmmmz you have anything about kissing php with C# :P "Soap clients" ?

[InfamousNoone]

Originally Posted by E.M.E

hmmmz you have anything about kissing php with C# :P "Soap clients" ?

I don't (nor do I particularly intend at this time to at this time). Sorry.
Added Lesson Nine - Arrays (Unit One). Also, just realized I'll have to explain multi-dimensional arrays as well, so that's a lesson ten for unit one, haha.

[xScott]

could touch on jagged arrays, even though they are hardly ever used.

[InfamousNoone]

I planned on including jagged arrays when I talked about multi-dimensional arrays, because hey; not all programming languages have multi-dimensional arrays! So it's worth while knowledge. Will have a guide up by the end of tonight on 'em!

Edit:
Added (Unit One) Lesson Ten - Arrays(II).

[Korvacs]

This is looking like a very useful resource, very informative as usual from you inf.

Keep it up

[gabrola]

Sticky?

[tanelipe]

People don't read stickys (judging by the amount of rule-breakers this forum has) so it's better to just leave it amongst normal threads.