Re: C# Beginner's Question
You have to start out with the pointless programs to get an understanding of the language. Its basically like learning a language, the first few years (chapters of a book) are pretty basic phrases and words. I would like to know what book you are using, because majority of them will teach you more advanced techniques of linking everything together in the later chapters of the book. Also, these books are mainly there to teach you the basic principals of the language. Once you get the understanding of how to implement things and how they work, majority of coders just look up online how new methods work and such and then implement it in their code with their knowledge.
As for right now, try creating an interface that allows you to add items to a list to purchase and calculate with tax and shipping. I would suggest using a combobox and allow the user to add them to a list. Try to work yourself, and if this sounds too far out of your current knowledge then just keep reading the book until you are able to something similar to this.
Re: C# Beginner's Question
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Mercifies
You have to start out with the pointless programs to get an understanding of the language. Its basically like learning a language, the first few years (chapters of a book) are pretty basic phrases and words. I would like to know what book you are using, because majority of them will teach you more advanced techniques of linking everything together in the later chapters of the book. Also, these books are mainly there to teach you the basic principals of the language. Once you get the understanding of how to implement things and how they work, majority of coders just look up online how new methods work and such and then implement it in their code with their knowledge.
As for right now, try creating an interface that allows you to add items to a list to purchase and calculate with tax and shipping. I would suggest using a combobox and allow the user to add them to a list. Try to work yourself, and if this sounds too far out of your current knowledge then just keep reading the book until you are able to something similar to this.
Thank you for that advice. I didn't mean pointless as I shouldn't do it, I just meant pointless as no one would ever use it.
As far as the book goes, I am Beginning Microsoft Visual C# by Wrox (multiple authors). They also have a professional C# book they recommend once I am through this one, I may check out provided I feel I need to/it would benefit me.
The suggestion about that program is a good one. Right now I have been making similar programs, but dumbed down using only certain aspects of that program as that is my skill level right now. Once I get to that point, or maybe even shortly before, I will definitely tackle that project and see what I can do.
Again thank you for your advice, I guess I'll just have to continue what I'm doing and keep pushing my limits! :)