Why confuse the tool with the process? Don't care about web/win/wpf. You need to learn the process of requirements gathering. Use cases to sign off by user. None of that is programming but every bit about how we have to do our work.
Sent from my iPhone Stephen Russell 901.246-0159 On Dec 29, 2010, at 5:43 PM, Davej <[email protected]> wrote: > On Dec 22, 9:55 am, Stephen Russell <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Davej <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Ok, after two semesters of VB I can handle the simple stuff, but what >>> reading material is needed to learn how to approach more advanced >>> stuff? Thanks. >> >> >> Give a way your talents to any group to experience what programming is >> like. You have to ask questions in requirements gathering. Present a >> proposed plan to the group or user and have them agree on what you are >> going to do. After the two of you find the right middle ground you >> attempt to put a budget of time to do what you said you were going to >> do. Next you start actually coding. As you progress you have to >> update your actual time against your budget so you LEARN how fast you >> actually accomplish tasks. Next you plan your tests and have your >> user actually test what it is that you did. >> >> This could be for any company that is non profit! If you are going to >> give away your services do it to an organization that might have a >> problem paying for them. Could be your local religious organization >> that you worship at or it could be the day care facility that your >> children will attend in the future >> > > I can see how that might work for web design and polishing Dreamweaver > skills but I don't see how that would work for VB desktop > programming.
