technology dilema

Hello EveryOne,

Happy New Year.

Even though I am not a newbie in development and .NET technology since so far, I have worked on .NET 2.0 technologies and now that I want start learning newer technologies, I am currently very confused on how to proceed.

New technologies I am considering consist of AJAX, Workflow, WCF and WPF

Here is my dilemma:
1. Where should I start first?
2. Which technology would allow me quicker understanding?
3. Is there any specific sequence to this learning?

I understand the questions might be stupid; however, this would help me concentrate on one instead of all over the place and archiving nothing.

I thank everyone in advance.

Thanks

Well, that really depends on what type of problems you are trying to solve. I have no problem with learning something solely for the sake of knowledge, but we can't really help you chose what to learn without knowing the end goal.

Try windowsclient.net - they do give you a general idea as well as detailed articles\examples, and may be you can learn from there. I would start from WPF.

The point of the above question is trying to figure out what technologies is most asked in market currently which can be learned quickly.

What sort of development do you do (or want to do)?

If it's more web-based, then learn AJAX.

If it's more client-based, then learn WPF (or Silverlight for the web).

WCF is the newer form of web services - I'd recommend learning it no matter what.

Learn at least WPF and WCF before learning WF.