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How am i supposed to learn C# ? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/programming

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I have some background in Python and Bash (this is entirely self-taught and i think the easiest language from all). I know that C# is much different, propably this is why it is hard. I've been learning it for more than 4 months now, and the most impressive thing i can do with some luck is to write a console application that reads 2 values from the terminal, adds them together and prints out the result. Yes, seriously. The main problem is that there are not much usable resources to learn C#. For bash, there is Linux, a shit ton of distros, even BSD, MacOS and Solaris uses it. For python, there are games and qtile window manager. For C, there is dwm. I don't know anything like these for C#, except Codingame, but that just goes straight to the deep waters and i have no idea what to do. Is my whole approach wrong? How am i supposed to learn C#? I'm seriously not the sharpest tool in the shed, but i have a pretty good understanding of hardware, networking, security, privacy. Programming is beyond me however, except for small basic scripts

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The languages i used up until now do not have entry points (intrepeted). I know what is that, but i don't know where they should be. Up until now, i only used llms for debugging, i'm far from correcting source code, i'm happy if i can write something that even remotely resembles to the correct structure. Also, is it a good idea to start adding smaller functions to already existing c# projects made by others on github (not to publish, just for myself, don't want to ruin someone's work with malicious commits). My python understanding is vague too. Only class i ever defined was a csv file reading class like class Class: def init(self, stuff1, stuff2): self.stuff1 = str(stuff1) self.stuff2 = int(stuff2)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Checkout CS50. It's free and should help with the basics, even if it does use Python rather than C#. As I said before - the concepts are transferable. You need to learn more than just "syntax".

Programming can be hard at first. Don't be discouraged if you find it confusing or if you need to start with very simple things. There is a lot to learn so keep your expectations low, and feel free to return and ask questions. And if you're comfortable using AI you can use it to explain concepts and code rather than just having it spit out solutions. It's usually pretty good for this since there is a lot of material on the internet for it to have learned from.