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What is the best alternative to Head First C#?
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Hackr.io
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Community trust
Instead of getting a recommendation from a single dev, you get recommendation from the entire programming community.
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Recommendation for every programming language/framework/library
You can find Python as well as Jenkins.
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Nice filters
Free, Video, Book, Beginner, Advanced, etc.
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The New Boston video series
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Everything is free
The tutorials are completely free.
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Somewhat outdated
These videos are a few years old (2011), so there is some content that is a bit outdated.
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Video tutorials
Tutorials are presented as videos, making them easy to follow / see what's going on at each step. Many people find this format less daunting and easier to take in than traditional text based tutorials.
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Suitable for beginners
No assumptions are made about prior knowledge, meaning anyone can start watching and pick up the basics fairly quickly.
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More than 200 video lessons
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Codeasy
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The "reading story" approach is interesting and helps to start in programming
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Has only one programming language
Only has a C# track.
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Really good explanation of the topics
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Covers only basics
It would be nice if this tutorial would cover more in depth C# topics.
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Step-by-step tutorials
The fundamental theory is represented systematically, from the basic things to more complicated as a whole adventure story.
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Unique approach to tech stuff learning
No cold theory, fun way to learn coding.
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Slack for Help
Deeper explanation about the course tasks directly on Slack.
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C#,Python
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Code editor, exercises, story based education
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C# 5.0 in a Nutshell: The Definitive Reference
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Not about web development
This is more about C# than about web development.
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Detailed
Detailed information and code examples you won't find in any other book about C#.
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Lack of context
This book is not designed as a tutorial, but as a reference only. For someone who hasn't yet been introduced to C#, "C# 5.0 in a Nutshell: The Definitive Reference" is going to be hard to follow.
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Clear and concise reference book for C#
"C# 5.0 in a Nutshell: The Definitive Reference" has an impressive index, making everything quick to find despite it's size (over 1000 pages). Concepts are explained clearly and in-depth.
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Lynda
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Quality and quantity
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Lacks a community
With no user forum, there is very little opportunity to engage with other students and discuss the learning material.
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Video tutorials with commentaries
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iOS and Android apps are somewhat poor
Compared to the experience available on the web, the mobile apps are severely lagging behind.
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Extensive
There are a lot of different languages to choose from thanks to their large offering of courses (almost 4000 total that cover various subjects).
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More ways to help retain the information would be helpful
More quizzes, tests and assignments to help practice and retain the presented information would be helpful.
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Build as you learn
Many courses offered on Lynda take a hands-on approach, encouraging you to apply what you learn by building projects.
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It's possible to get transcripts of videos
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Videos can be watched at 2x speed
If you feel yourself getting bored with the lecture, it's possible to speed it up to get through it quicker.
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Video tutorials, progress saver, tutorials
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exercism.org
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Human review and feedback
Rather than merely test for code correctness, Exercism uses peer review to improve general programming techniques. Users are encouraged to comment on others' solutions, and refine their own based on feedback.
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Custom commandline client
Exercism requires using a CLI utility to fetch and submit exercises. This is inconvenient compared to web-only alternatives, and poses an additional barrier to entry for some users.
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Practice with production tools
Unlike many code practice websites, Exercism requires the user to develop and test entirely offline, submitting only the finished code. This promotes familiarity with essential tools and workflow, not just the bare language.
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Bash, C, C++, C#, Clojure, Dart, Elixir, Erlang, Go, Java, JavaScript, Kotlin, Python, Ruby, Rust,TypeScript
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Exercises
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C# Programming for Beginners: An Introduction and Step-by-Step Guide to Programming in C#
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Helpful examples and exercises
Exercises are provided at the end of each chapter to help the reader practice, and get a strong grasp on the material that's being covered.
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Plenty of errors
Many errors have been noted throughout the book. Typos, poor (and sometimes wrong) wording of explanations. In the Kindle version of the book, the code is poorly formatted (such as missing white space).
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Provides strong foundation in C#
This book is only meant as an introduction to C#, which it does a fantastic job at providing. The fundamentals are well explained, which makes learning more advanced concepts far easier down the road.
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Treehouse
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Great instructors
The course formats are flexible enough that instructors are able to employ their own styles so long as exercises are offered in consistent intervals and student progress is measurable. The instructors communicate very clearly and are very approachable.
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Regular participation is essential
This is not a good place to skip ahead and work backwards from a specific need. In fact, even skipping sections you have mastery in can be risky since the condensed material relies heavily on past examples.
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Great material presentation, instruction, and visualization
Their animations and screenshares supplement the instruction, giving a really good all-around learning experience.
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Credit card required to sign up for the free trial
Treehouse offers a free 14-day trial, but requires a credit card to sign up.
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Best beginner's option
Materials are very well made and it'll get you started with the technology as fast as possible. Haven't found tutorials that well made and understandable. Nothing is skipped or assumed without reference to courses within that were recommended to you earlier. This makes the site an efficient review resource if you ever forget a basic concept.
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The quality is inconsistent among courses
Treehouse has multiple teachers in order to provide such a variety of content. However there is a lack of consistency with teaching styles - Some courses provide content that is well explained and goes at a reasonable pace. Other courses can be quite hard to follow. The challenges are also inconsistent - Some are too easy and don't reinforce much of the material learned.
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Project-based learning
Soup to Bits videos show you how to build an app step by step in real time. Each is short and digestible yet illustrates many relevant new concepts.
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Way too expensive compared with other options
Most advanced materials are locked away as "Pro/Bonus."
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Learning tracks
Trying to figure out what language or tool to learn can be frustrating. TreeHouse groups their courses into learning tracks so you have more guidance, based on what type of development you want to do. Some of the tracks they offer: Web Design, Front-end Development, Full-Stack Javascript, and PHP Development (see the list here).
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Charges your credit card before the free trial expires
The Treehouse offers a free trial period, which is nice on the one hand. On the other hand you still need to register a payment method to be able to use it. And what's even worse, if you cancel the paid subscription before the FREE trial ends, you loose any access to free trial! So you will then have to pay a subscription fee to renew the access to the free course even though you SHOULD have some trial period left. That is absolutely unacceptable these days and smells as quite a shady business practice.
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Workspaces
You don't have to install anything to your computer and can learn from anywhere using their Workspaces. The effectiveness of this tool cannot be overstated. Even though instructors often preface courses with installation guides to setup popular environments the Workspaces allow you to jump right in, mimic the examples, work on your project, experiment with tangent thoughts, or even complete parallel courses simultaneously, within separate Workspace instances. Execution is very fast and space is ample.
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Has become very buggy/unreliable
The number of bugs has gradually been increasing to the point where the platform may be more frustrating than beneficial for some users (as of October 2016). The engineers seem to be doing their best to stay on top of things, but bugs appear to be occurring faster than they can fix them. Some bugs require you to refresh the page (often multiple times) before getting the information correctly displayed. UI elements jump around, some features on the site are broken.
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Build projects as you learn
Most TreeHouse courses allow you to build interesting real-world projects that make for a fun way to learn how to apply what you've learned (such as apps, websites, UI elements and more).
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The forum lacks conversation/engagement
TreeHouse provides a a forum for students to have discussions. However almost all posts are students looking for answers to the quizzes and challenges. Any attempts at general discussions about business, learning, programming, job seeking etc. tend to go without replies.
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New material added freqently
TreeHouse releases multiple new courses every month on various different topics. They do an excellent job of keeping pace with a changing industry. For example, they released courses on Swift not long after Swift was released.
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Not an in-depth resource
Most Treehouse courses are geared towards beginners, making it necessary to use other resources in order to gain a deeper understanding of the language you're learning.
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Forum
If you're stuck with an task you can easily get help on their forum. Most topics are visited by hundreds of students per day and responses are often returned within minutes if not seconds. In case your question cannot be answered by the imminent community, they can be pushed to recommended members or staff experts for prompt responses.
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Very Effective Resource
Criticizing the lack of advanced material seems unjustified considering how consistent the paths are with the costs and transparent intentions. Advanced resources are usually politely introduced then passed over.
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iOS and Android app
Treeehouse provides an app for both iOS and Android that is easy to use.
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Portfolio
You can share courses that you successfully completed when you're applying for a job. Probably after completing course you have a solid understanding in given technology.
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Motivates Students
The community is very supportive and the company convincingly more interested in your positive referral than in your subscription, though both is obviously preferred. Besides recognition and gamification, your timely progress is actively encouraged. There are even employer monitored sections with suggestions of how to meet career goals with related skills.
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Student discount
You can get a student discount easily using their email support.
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Languages:
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ruby, Python, PHP, Objective-C, Java, Swift
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Projects, quizes, video tutorials, editor, progress saver, forum
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