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Show HN: My C# Tutorial Series: Coding Basics. How am I doing so far?

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Re: Show HN: My C# Tutorial Series: Coding Basics. How am I doing so far?

#41
I think this tutorial is a fine start. I would like to see more like it!

I'm coming at this as someone who knows multiple programming languages and would like to get Java and C# under my belt. I'm not exactly a newbie, but I think a few years ago (when I was a newbie) I would have followed it pretty well.

I don't think you should target people who don't know what a variable is (i.e. true newbies) but rather write a separate {tutorial,set of tutorials} for that. I like how the focus here is just C#.

I think the style/presentation is spot on - conversational without being cheeky.

Please do continue! :)

Re: Show HN: My C# Tutorial Series: Coding Basics. How am I doing so far?

#42
As I doubt I'll ever learn C# I won't assess your tutorial by its actual intellectual content, but visually, it looks great. Too often, tutorials and guides on programming don't use enough visual aids, which at the very least, help break up the dense text.

To echo what others have said: don't do video. You're right to guess that unless you're a skilled video editor/producer, it will eat up far more time than producing screenshots, and have marginally more effectiveness (if any).

What are you using as CMS? Octopress/Jekyll?

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