What's the best way to learn C# I have never programmed before?

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I'm completely new to programming. I want to design and control my own website so I need to learn the basics before I can make one in maybe Visual Studio. I'm reading through the first exercise in Visual Studio and learning my way around the application. Where can I learn C# for free on-line or which book should I get for the lay person to learn?

I'm a relatively fast learner and educated but not in computing. Does anyone have any logical suggestions please? I'd really appreciate any help I can find.

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Posted 23-May-14 2:27am

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V. · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-23T02:34:00

You need a book and work your way through it. Seriously !
Start with some basic winform application, then read up on page lifecycles and then move on to ASP.Net.

Visual Studio is actually a very good tool and will make your life easier then using let's say notepad. There's free version for download available called Visual Studio Express, but you'll need to install the forms and web version seperately whereas the paid version has them both in one application.

Hope this helps.

OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-23T02:38:00

As V says, a book is a good solution - but if you can then a course is a better one! A tutor can explain things you don't understand in different ways, which a book can't, and you also get the other students to "bounce ideas off" which can help.

If you have previous programming experience, than a book is a good idea - provided you do all the exercises - but without any experience in any language a tutor is probably a better solution.

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