Thank you very much Mr.Cerebrus. You gave us a clear picture. Thanks again.
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 11:16 PM, Cerebrus <[email protected]> wrote: > > Alex, > > Congratulations on landing a great opportunity for what sounds like a > wonderful company ! Most companies wouldn't be willing to give a > candidate the opportunity to demonstrate his abilities at all. > > If you wish to demonstrate your learning ability, you must first > analyse yourself and detemine how you learn best. Is it by reading > books? Articles? Watching tutorial videos? Or simply jumping in and > writing code? You have not mentioned the version of > ASP.NET<http://asp.net/>that you > are required to learn, so I assume it to be atleast v. 2.0. > > Assuming that you learn well enough from books and other online > resources, my advice would be as follows... Note that since your > immediate aim is to attain only a basic level of familiarity with > ASP.NET <http://asp.net/>, none of the following items in the list are > intended for > intermediate or advanced developers. Since your time in hand is very > limited, I suggest you start immediately without wasting any more > time. > > 1. Download and install the free version of Visual Studio (Visual Web > Developer - http://www.microsoft.com/express/vwd/). There is a 2005 > version also somewhere linked from that page. > > 2. The first place to start if you're a complete newbie to web > development is www.w3schools.com. I assume you are familiar with HTML/ > XHTML/XML, but even if you aren't they have a tutorial on that too. > After you've understood how websites work, go on to the > ASP.NET<http://asp.net/> > tutorial (http://www.w3schools.com/aspnet/default.asp). Don't spend > more a day or two on this. > > 3. If you learn better by reading books, read one of the thousands of > introductory books on ASP.NET <http://asp.net/> (a > Teach-yourself-in-21-days wouldn't be > a bad idea in this case, as long as you complete the book in a week). > Make sure that the level of the book is Beginner only and the book > assumes no prior web development experience. > > OR > > 3. If you learn well via online resources, check out the following > tutorial sites in the given order: (Try out the sample code and create > a few sample websites/pages.) > a) http://www.functionx.com/aspnet/index.htm - Great illustrated > tutorials on most subjects - Simple enough for toddlers to > understand! > b) http://www.asp.net/learn/videos/#beginners - Lots of introductory > videos from the ASP.NET <http://asp.net/> official site. > c) http://www.maconstateit.net/tutorials/ASPNET20/default.htm - > Excellent tutorials written by David Adams which get you up to speed > with the latest and greatest features of ASP.NET <http://asp.net/> 2.0. > d) http://quickstarts.asp.net/QuickStartv20/default.aspx - The > ASP.NET <http://asp.net/> quickstarts are one of the most comprehensive > resources, but > aren't really starter material. They are sufficiently advanced in > content to make newbies shiver. > e) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/asp.net/aa336567.aspx - The > ASP.NET <http://asp.net/> developer center provides links to great > resources and > tutorials. > > 4. At all times keep your time frame in mind and don't dwell on any > single item or programming problem too long. > > Feel free to get back to us if you need assistance with a particular > problem. I wish you luck in your endeavour! > > Regards, > -- > Cerebrus. > > > On Mar 27, 9:05 pm, Alex Y Wang <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well... I think ASP.NET <http://asp.net/> is just a random choice, > perhaps they don't > > want me to do anything with ASP.NET <http://asp.net/> in the future. > It's just a test of > > research ability. What shall I be looking at? Low level > > infrastructure? Building websites? Ajax? .Net Framework? I'm totally > > lost. Please help!!! > > > > Alex > > > > On Mar 27, 11:31 pm, KeidrickP <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Me to Mike! > > > Alex tell them you need some training for ASP.net, and you will be a > shoe in!! > > > > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Mike Fry <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > Alex Y Wang wrote: > > > > > >> Hi all, I'm currently applying for a developer position in a global > > > >> software company. However, the company doesn't seem sure about my > > > >> learning ability, so I'm in this somewhat awkward situation where > they > > > >> require me to prove my learning ability in two weeks! The subject is > > > >> ASP.NET <http://asp.net/>, any particular direction would be fine, > the deeper, the > > > >> better. I've got a master's degree in CS but haven't done anything > in > > > >> ASP.NET <http://asp.net/> or web programming. Could anyone give me > some suggestions on > > > >> what aspect I should be digging in within this amount of time? > Thanks > > > >> a looooot!!! > > > > > > Where's the job? Perhaps I should apply for it :-) > > > > > > -- > > > > Regards, > > > > Mike Fry > > > > Johannesburg.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - -- Thanks & Regards, Karthikeyan
