Does anyone know any good tutorials for newbies?

[desbest]

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.

[wriedmann]

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- if you start from scratch, WPF may a bit too hard, so Windows Forms may be a better choice, even if it seems to be outdated.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

[Fabrice]

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.

[wriedmann]

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

[ArneOrtlinghaus]

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

[xinjie]

Hi，Arne

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

[ArneOrtlinghaus]

Yes, exactly.
Arne