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[hoobas20]

How to be an expert in programming like you guys? Give me some tips..

Thanks..

[jmcilhinney]

Always read the relevant documentation first. Ever since I was a beginner the first thing I've done when I have a question is read the documentation. I haven't always found what I was after but more often than not I have. Also, the more you use the documentation the easier it gets because you get used to the patterns that make it easier to know where to look. Also, you'll learn a great deal that you weren't even looking for.

[hoobas20]

so you mean.. I should go with e-books first.? . In my situation, I am newly grad student and got a job. So, its not easy for me to read books because I have a lot of things to accomplish that's why I'm focus on coding. Actually, it is my first time to handle C# programing. We do not have training here. Boooom!!

If you were in my situation, what would you do?

Thanks guys!

"Lock this thread if it seems irrelevant to this forums."

[jmcilhinney]

I didn't say anything about e-books. I specifically said the documentation, i.e. the MSDN Library that is supplied with VS. Whenever there is something I don't know that is the first place I look, and it's been that way since the first day I used VB.NET five years ago. It doesn't matter whether I'm at work or at home. I always consult MSDN first when I have a question.

Don't waste your time with searching either. I've lost count of the number of people who've said that they'd searched but couldn't find what they were after when they didn't have to search at all. Every type and member in the Framework has a topic dedicated to it. If you are having problems with a specific type or member, which will be most of the time, then go straight to the documentation for that type or member. For classes and structures you should always read the member listing too. How can you say that you don't know how to use a particular class you haven't bothered to see what properties and methods it provides?

[Hack]

"Lock this thread if it seems irrelevant to this forums."

No, it is not irrelevant, but it is more of a general question.

Moved

[RhinoBull]

How to be an expert in programming like you guys? Give me some tips...

Practice, practice, practice and again - practice. Lots of it. Don't hesitate to do crazy stuff, experiment with different things including but not limited to new tools, technics, etc, etc, etc...
And you have to be dedicated 100%.

...btw, did I mention "practice"?

[Shaggy Hiker]

I would expand a bit on what JM said about searching:

Most of my searches have been fruitless because they have been misdirected. If I knew what object or construct to use, then I would simply go to MSDN, it is when I was not sure what construct to use that I started searching. Quite often, I would ask the wrong question, at least to start with. Looking at the results of the wrong search would give me some idea as to what to search for next, and so on. This makes a search something like navigating a maze. You go down lots of blind alleys, but only if you don't really know what you are searching for. Search for a concept, and you are almost sure to use incorrect words at first.

Other than that, I would say practice is more important than anything else. Practice allows you to know what to look up, and practice allows you to remember things so that you aren't always looking them up.