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In 2010, my job turned me into a manager and I haven't coded since. I'm trying to get back into it. I was doing ASP.Net web forms in VB. I know a ton has changed since. I've been looking at MVC in C# to get back into it. Any ideas on what else to learn?
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It's what you now need to un-learn that really counts 
I'd suggest learning one of the cloud platforms (from your current background I'd go with Azure) maybe?
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Brush up on javascript/jquery.
Look at C# with webforms also, MVC isn't universally replacing webforms (or is it?).
Other than that, brush up on T-SQL and databases.
Those handful of things will make you viable for many jobs. You could look at an ORM too, but I would focus on understanding SQL first - because sometimes the ORM just cannot handle what you need, and you wlll dive back into SQL in those cases.
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Pualee wrote: You could look at an ORM too
What is your opinion on a good ORM for the .NET world? I've used EF (meh), and Simple.Data (good but young), but would like to know what else is popular particularly in a production environment.
CPallini wrote: You cannot argue with agile people so just take the extreme approach and shoot him.
:Smile:
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I'm the wrong person to ask.
I have to work with Linq-to-Sql, which is basically dead. I have heard 'nhibernate' and 'entity framework' tossed around as buzzwords. I was really just trying to point out the need for having some sort of data driven skill set more than anything, which is why I would pursue something more generically useful over a framework that may be a passing fad.
I would just see what pops up the most on the job boards QA forums and head in that direction. All my jobs have required new skills, but built on some piece of an old skill. The generic skill sets are the ones that keep me employed over the fancy frameworks.
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Tad McClellan wrote: In 2010, my job turned me into a manager
Happened to me in 2007, and I missed the C# wagon. 
~RaGE();
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Tad McClellan wrote: I was doing ASP.Net web forms in VB.
Sorry for your luck.
Tad McClellan wrote: I've been looking at MVC in C# to get back into it
I am biased but C# will give you a better platform to work with. MVC is my latest passion but I don't want to tell you that it is the way to go. I like it but others don't. Go with your feelings. 
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I'm quite partial to the MEAN stack.
M = MongoDB
E = Express
A = AngularJS
N = Node.js
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This is why I no longer desire to be a manager...
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Tad McClellan wrote: my job turned me into a manager and I haven't coded since. I'm trying to get back into it
Congratulations on your successful restoration surgery. It sounds like the new cryogenic preservation techniques for your brain, spine, and (since you're male) your 'two best friends' worked well. 
Software Zen: delete this;
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MVC, jQuery, and one or more of: knockout.js, backbone.js, angular.js
CPallini wrote: You cannot argue with agile people so just take the extreme approach and shoot him.
:Smile:
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22 pound house cat? US pounds are smaller than UK pounds but... 
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Is there a man at CP that wouldn't kick the ever living pOOp out of a cat that acted that way?
If I'm in the bedroom it is only long enough to put on a second pair of jeans to protect my legs and then it's 'go' time. I'll be moving the cat from point A (1) to point B (2).
NOTES
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1: The living room.
2: The compost heap.
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MehGerbil wrote: Is there a man at CP that wouldn't kick the ever living pOOp out of a cat that acted that way?
Aye.
It merely scratched a kid; it's quite a stretch to call that an attack. One can only hope that their dog is small and insecure.
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If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Maybe it was a Main Coone (or something like that) cat. Those can get quite large. Regarding the the dog, it depends mostly which pet was there first. If the cat was there first and scratched the dog while it still was a puppy, that dog will never again mess with the cat in his lifetime (and might develop a phobia against other cats as well).
The good thing about pessimism is, that you are always either right or pleasently surprised.
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Freak30 wrote: Maybe it was a Main Coone (or something like that) cat.
Second largest breed is still a cat. It's not a tiger, it does not hunt humans.
Freak30 wrote: Those can get quite large.
Not large enough to be threathening.
Freak30 wrote: Regarding the the dog, it depends mostly which pet was there first.
A dog will need to know it's place; if the alpha-male isn't one, then the dog will eventually try and challenge that position.
Freak30 wrote: that dog will never again mess with the cat in his lifetime
If things were that easy you'd simply smack the dog hard when he first pisses in the house and it'd be house-broken.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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22lbs is not that huge - we had Beldin, who was 18lbs (UK) of muscle and venom. It wouldn't have taken much extra food to get another 4lb on him - and I don't think it would have slowed him down.
Some cats are just "big boned" and they are seriously strong for their size. I wouldn't put my hands into a cat fight (even between smallish cats) without motorcycle gloves on!
To give you an idea of his size:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wyw40yrqniftg8t/BeldinInNormalPose.jpg[^] - that is a normal size armchair (but he's on his back)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ng676zxzfqv0au5/MitchAndBeldin.jpg[^]
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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OK!
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glennPattonWork wrote: US pounds are smaller than UK pounds
What is the difference betweeen a US pound and UK pound? Gallons I understand, but not pounds.
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I was under the impression that the base unit was smaller, mind you an inch here is an inch there
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I think dry weights are the same. American fluid ounces are slightly different to ours, so even allowing for them getting the size of a pint wrong, 20 fl oz isn't quite the standard 568ml over there either. But I'm not aware of dry ounces being different.
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A U.S. gallon is a wine gallon; a U.K. gallon is an ale gallon.
So, it's not so much that one size is 'wrong', it's more a case of not clearly denoting the base unit.
Sort of like saying something costs a dollar, but not defining the currency type: Australian, Bermudian, Canadian, or U.S. The devil is in the details.
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Oh OK, still a big butt cat!
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Quote: "He said that the cat has a history of violence,"
22lb. bad tempered cat with a history of violence, it would be gone!
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