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I'm completely new to C# and .NET but I do know C. I have to learn C# and ASP.Net and SQL Server 2005 fast. I have the Black C# 2005 programming book Black SQL server 2005 guide and have access to both Visual studio 2005 and SQL server 2005 - all my resources are in place! The only problem when I develop a web application is that when I search a forum for a solution to a problem I get lots of lines of code. Even Black has a lot a coding but no ABC about how to decide what to write in which function - I hope I'm being coherent! For example when you learn C you are first told about a main() function and the basics of printf and Hello World - I can't seem to locate anything of the kind for either .Net or SQL server. And (God Help Me) trying to bind the two together and making sense of all the coding is a nightmare! Can someone help a newcomer - please!! Just a step-by-step guide of what I should study first and then next so that I can get something like an online e-mart application running. thanks a lot - I'd really appreciate some quick replies and links if any.

Arshad · Answer

Hi Please check this Url http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/mahesh/csp08202007084545AM/csp.aspx Just Download this Book its very nice and very easy to learn C# its written by Mr. Mahesh Chand (Owner of this Website). Just go through once you will learn lot after that you can easily go through with your Black books. Regards.

Wondering How · Answer

Thanks Pankaj the site was really helpful

Pankaj Gupta · Answer

I think the following link help you a lot to learn the basic skills of c# and Asp.net http://www.asp.net/get-started/

Wondering How · Answer

Thanks for the inputs John. I really appreciate it.

John Penn · Answer

If you're new to object-oriented programming concepts I'd recommend that you start familiarizing yourself with those before you write any .Net code. The Page_Load event in a ASP.NET page's codebehind is a rough equivalent to C's main() in that you could do the following to see a Hello World: protected void Page_Load(object sender EventArgs e) { Response.Write(Hello World); } You should also familarize yourself with HTML and how web pages are designed (those skills will come in handy when you're putting your site together). Instead of the black books why not pick up some of those Learn X in 21 days books? From what I remember they seem to do a good job of getting people started on the basic concepts.