I have an idea about programming in general so I know what a variable and a meth

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I have an idea about programming in general so I know what a variable and a method is but I didn't program before. I liked C# because of Visual Studio and I only tried Hello word program in it. I still don't know much about OOP.

Now, I have videos to learn from which I found on (LearnVisualStudio.net). However, I'm not sure about the author of the videos in that site if he is a professional or just a hobbyist because I want someone to teach me with a good practice habits, I want to learn the right way!

I also have some books but I found most of them don't explain the principles in a clear way. So they start with a 'hello world' program and after that you find yourself lost with a lot of concepts which are explained randomly.

Please let me know if you know anything about the site mentioned above if it is good or not to start with and let me know if learning from videos considered good for learning programming and OOP?

Explanation / Answer

No, it is not an efficient way to learn programming language. As you have a big possibility to miss critical features of the programming language. The better choice would be a highly recommended C# book. It will teach you the core fundamentals of the language in systematic way.

Start with a Book
It is very classical but worked for most good developers. Thus, depending on your level and experience with the programming language.

The head first series of books is fantastic for learning. Here is a reference to that book Head First C#. Also, you may wanna look at Essential C# 5.0 as a good source to start with.

However, for more advanced serious of books i would look at:

C# in Depth
Effective C#
However, if you still want to get a good source of free videos on C# and .NET web programming, i would recommend to check asp.net/get-started - as it has many high quality introductory video content.

For more advanced serious of videos, you may check the training sites like pluralsight.com and tekpub.com.

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