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kctElgin

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07/02/2008 5:50 AM
This may be posted in wrong place. I was debating books or .net and .net forum came up on the coin flip. I am looking for a boost in my .net knowledge. Best explanation I can give is comparing to library functions. Years ago the Waite Group published language Bibles, Turbo C Bible, etc. So when I had to do something to a date, chapter index would give me a list of functions and what they would do, what input was expected, and the type of output. They must not have sold well since the Waite Group was swallowed by a bigger fish and they no longer come out with new versions. I started using PowerShell to develop the .net knowledge, but figure I would make quicker progress with a quality reference manual to work with as well.

halr9000

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Posts:245

07/02/2008 6:34 AM
Ok, let me paste the right thing into this message this time. :) I've heard that Lee Holmes' PowerShell Cookbook has some good .NET examples in it. Oh wait, I have a copy of that book right here that I have not read yet--duh. Yes, there's an appendix in the back that has "selected .NET classes and their uses". Now that I think about it, someone had written to the podcast and said that the book was worth it for this appendix alone. :) Also be sure to use MSDN. You can easily pop a fully qualified object name into google (e.g. System.IO.FileInfo) and the first link is usually the MSDN page.

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