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Re: New year resolutions, 2016

PeejayAdams23-Dec-16 2:05

PeejayAdams

23-Dec-16 2:05

Yep. I adopted that approach many years ago and it still hasn't let me down.

Slogans aren't solutions.

Re: New year resolutions, 2016

OriginalGriff23-Dec-16 2:08

OriginalGriff

23-Dec-16 2:08

Nor I.
And the best bit is that it takes a positive effort to not keep it. Big Grin | :-D

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Re: New year resolutions, 2016

Sander Rossel23-Dec-16 2:12

Sander Rossel

23-Dec-16 2:12

My resolution for 2016 was to be a failure.
Then in 2016 I got a good pay raise, wrote a book, scored a new book contract, got my name on the cover of a book I reviewed, released my own library on npm and NuGet, maybe win a prize for my latest article and paid off a lot on my house.
Needless to say my resolution failed miserably.
I'm such a failure Frown | :(

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Re: New year resolutions, 2016

OriginalGriff23-Dec-16 2:34

OriginalGriff

23-Dec-16 2:34

If I were you, I'd make the same resolution again!

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Re: New year resolutions, 2016

lopatir23-Dec-16 3:01

lopatir

23-Dec-16 3:01

actually went to bed early last year, my resolution was not to wake up until it was a new year.

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Re: New year resolutions, 2016

MacSpudster23-Dec-16 3:55

MacSpudster

23-Dec-16 3:55

Ah, but @OriginalGriff, that was for 2015.

For, the following was in small type: *Calendar Year 2015... HA! Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

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Re: New year resolutions, 2016

OriginalGriff23-Dec-16 4:04

OriginalGriff

23-Dec-16 4:04

But then you got a whole extra year, and you still didn't get there!
Pull your finger out, mate! Laugh | :laugh:

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Re: New year resolutions, 2016

MacSpudster23-Dec-16 4:51

MacSpudster

23-Dec-16 4:51

Ah, but I didn't commit to doing anything in 2016.
I'll discern appropriate actions when 2017 comes around...

Re: New year resolutions, 2016

Dan Neely23-Dec-16 4:11

Dan Neely

23-Dec-16 4:11

I've been waiting on a DP1.3 (single cable) 32" 4k/120hz or 5k/60hz screen to upgrade what's been my New Years Resolution[^] since 2010 or 2011. Availability of either is still MIA, so I'm continuing to maintain my old resolution of 4960x1600. Laugh | :laugh:

I've also been desperately wanting a suitable sidepanel replacement for my 2007 era side displays; but 4:3 is totally dead. I've looked at other options; but don't want to go narrower than x1200 (it's still wide enough that x1280 webpages generally don't lose anything vital over the horizontal scroll, which wouldn't be the case at 1080). Height matching would need an ~18.5" 1920x1200 display; even if that and existed I'd still need to deal with variable DPI weirdness. The same resolution at 22.5" would give a DPI match; but again that's a size that doesn't exist. Sigh | :sigh:

If we don't go holographic first, maybe in 15-20 years Windows DPI scaling will get good enough, that I'll be able to height match a 300+ DPI screen that the actual resolution of no longer actually matters. Sigh | :sigh:

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Re: New year resolutions, 2016

Duncan Edwards Jones23-Dec-16 4:48

Duncan Edwards Jones

23-Dec-16 4:48

One of mine was to complete the CQRS designer project.
How did I do on that? Well let's just say one of my 2017 resolutions is to complete the CQRS designer project Smile | :)

Re: New year resolutions, 2016

Jon McKee23-Dec-16 7:20

Jon McKee

23-Dec-16 7:20

I'll probably have my New Year's resolution done in a month or two? Does that count? It doesn't Sigh | :sigh:

On the bright side I've been working a year already on my New Year's resolution for next year Laugh | :laugh:

Re: New year resolutions, 2016

H.Brydon23-Dec-16 8:25

H.Brydon

23-Dec-16 8:25

My resolution 2 years ago was to eat anything I wanted and gain 10 pounds. I failed, in that I only gained 5 pounds.

My resolution last year was to eat anything I wanted and gain 5 pounds. Mission successful!

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PeejayAdams23-Dec-16 0:10

PeejayAdams

23-Dec-16 0:10

Very easy one today as 99% of people are probably on holiday next week so won't want to answer ...

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Slogans aren't solutions.

Re: CCC 23/12/16

Duncan Edwards Jones23-Dec-16 1:04

Duncan Edwards Jones

23-Dec-16 1:04

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Re: CCC 23/12/16 - SOLVED

PeejayAdams23-Dec-16 1:10

PeejayAdams

23-Dec-16 1:10

Yes, that's the one - I guess that makes you the CCC Christmas champion (the CCCCC?)

Slogans aren't solutions.

Re: CCC 23/12/16 - SOLVED

Duncan Edwards Jones23-Dec-16 1:12

Duncan Edwards Jones

23-Dec-16 1:12

Is it OK if I resume on Wednesday? Tuesday is a bang collar day here

Re: CCC 23/12/16 - SOLVED

PeejayAdams23-Dec-16 1:20

PeejayAdams

23-Dec-16 1:20

I can't imagine there'll be too many people around on Tuesday. Personally, I'll be giving my keyboard a rest for the whole week. 10 glorious .NET free days - what more can a man ask for?

Slogans aren't solutions.

Re: CCC 23/12/16 - SOLVED

OriginalGriff23-Dec-16 1:25

OriginalGriff

23-Dec-16 1:25

Last year we cancelled it until the new year it seems, so I'm happy if you want to re-start on Monday 2nd, or possibly Tuesday 3rd.

Since most of the western world shuts down for the week between Xmas and New Year it does make some sense.

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C# Book Recommendation

XH558v22-Dec-16 23:11

XH558v

22-Dec-16 23:11

Having been a hobbyist coder since 1900 and frozen to death, I've always used VB and VB.net; I know, I know, we don't need to go there! Anyway, as I'm now starting to get on in years, I think it's time I learnt a new programming language and C# comes to mind.

My question is, can someone recommend a good beginners book on C#? I know about Rob Miles' The C# Programming Yellow Book but this is only available on Kindle. I need an actual book. I don't really want one of those 'Learn C# in 24 Hours' nonsense; I'd like something that eases you into the language and then gets into the more technical stuff.

Any recommendations; any book(s) that anyone has found really useful?

Re: C# Book Recommendation

OriginalGriff22-Dec-16 23:22

OriginalGriff

22-Dec-16 23:22

This: C# 6.0 and the .NET 4.6 Framework | ANDREW TROELSEN | Apress[^] is the latest version of the one I learned from: Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform | Andrew Troelsen | Apress[^] and while I haven;t read this version, the earlier one was clear and pretty complete. Worked for me! Laugh | :laugh:

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Re: C# Book Recommendation

Richard MacCutchan22-Dec-16 23:24

Richard MacCutchan

22-Dec-16 23:24

.NET Book Zero by Charles Petzold[^] is an excellent starter.

Re: C# Book Recommendation

Wendelius22-Dec-16 23:28

Wendelius

22-Dec-16 23:28

Perhaps C# 6.0 and the .NET 4.6 Framework[^] or Professional C# 6 and .NET Core 1.0[^].

Jon Skeet's C# in depth is excellent but perhaps not relevant if you're starting with C#

Re: C# Book Recommendation

xiecsuk26-Dec-16 22:15

xiecsuk

26-Dec-16 22:15

I'm using the second recommended book to learn .Net Core and C#, and it looks a good book but I'm not that far into it yet. Well written with everything clearly described. I'm having problems with some of the illustrations though. They don't match the actual screens in the installed code - ASP.NET 2015 Community Edition - which is a bit off-putting..

Re: C# Book Recommendation

Sander Rossel22-Dec-16 23:42

Sander Rossel

22-Dec-16 23:42

C# == VB.NET with slightly different syntax.
Some people may argue on the "slightly" part, but unless you still use VB6 libraries in your VB.NET code I think it would be more helpful to get a C# vs. VB.NET syntax comparison.

Something like this: VB.NET and C# Comparison[^]
Or this: Complete Comparison for VB.NET and C#[^]
Google is your friend.

I've switched from VB.NET to C# and only found myself really struggling with syntax on the first day and looking things up in the first month or so.

Any book on C# will probably spend one chapter on syntax and 10 chapters on stuff you already know like IO, Serialization, Collections, etc.

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Re: C# Book Recommendation

Duncan Edwards Jones23-Dec-16 0:06

Duncan Edwards Jones

23-Dec-16 0:06

Sander Rossel wrote:
I've switched from VB.NET to C# and only found myself really struggling with syntax on the first day and looking things up in the first month or so.

In my case, then about once every 2 months getting really annoyed that you can't put an enum in an interface definition... Smile | :)

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