Thank you guys! I didn't expect I could get so much help here so fast. Special thanks to Cerebrus. I will follow your suggested path and see how far I can get. Since all of you suggest me to start by learning ASP.NET in general, I guess ASP.NET is so correlated internally that there's no single subject I can dig into without touching anything else. I think I should stop looking for any shortcuts then and knock down some serious ASP.NET walls. Thanks again!
Alex On Mar 28, 4:15 am, Karthikeyan R <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 iswww.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
