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Does anyone know any good tutorials for newbies?

And by that, I mean that I already have some programming knowledge as a web developer using php and ruby. However I've never made desktop programs before but I'm familiar in how various programming syntax works. I've only ever made command line programs with C and C++ but I need a way to make it all work (well my scanty existing knowledge) visually with XSharp.

Hello,
unfortunately this is not that easy, and developing for desktop is really different than working with GUI applications.
IMHO at least 80% of the knowledge lies in the GUI library you need - if you start from scratch, WPF may a bit too hard, so Windows Forms may be a better choice, even if it seems to be outdated.
And it depends on your needs, so maybe another language like C# with WinUI may be a better starting point.
Or is there any code base you need to move forward? Then it depends on the existing code what to do.
Wolfgang

Hi,

To start with the language itself, may I suggest to have a look at XSharp Notebooks? (Info on the homepage)
About GUI, a video tutorial might be a good start, but we may need to re record something for newbies.

Fab.

Hi Fabrice,
I agree with you that there are needed some tutorials for newbies.
IMHO there are 4 major groups that are to be covered:
- people that has a VO background
- people that has a VFP background
- learning X# and Windows Forms
- learning X# and WPF
The first 2 IMHO are somewhat covered.
Even if I consider WPF the best choice for a future X# GUI development, I think it may be relativ hard for newbies to start with it. And I have tried more than once to see if there is someone interested in it, but have always failed.
So maybe there would be a need for a Windows Forms based GUI development tutorial, maybe with a basic Windows Forms GUI class library.
Wolfgang

Peter Monadjemi has made a good book about X#: The X# Kompendium - Learning with examples.
Also for me as an "oldie" there are many new parts about the language. It's more about the basics, not about GUI usage. I don't know how to get the book, a colleague brought it from the last X# Conference. May me someone from the forum has a contact of Peter?

Arne

Hi，Arne

Is that what you're talking about?
https://www.nanobooks23.de/

Yes, exactly.
Arne