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Roadmap to resources for Visual C#

Article ID: 307715

Article Last Modified on 8/28/2007

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Visual C# .NET 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Visual C# .NET 2002 Standard Edition
Microsoft Visual C# 2005

This article was previously published under Q307715

SUMMARY

This article discusses the resources that you can use to learn and to master Microsoft Visual C#. These resources include links to roadmap articles, and links to useful information including online documentation, Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) articles, and Visual C# .NET white papers.

This article contains the following sections:

Getting started
Overview
Language specification
Key concepts and quickstarts
How to articles
Walkthroughs
Troubleshooting
References

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Getting started

Visual C# .NET is a new programming language that is designed to bring fast development to the C++ programmer without sacrificing the power and control that have been a hallmark of C and C++.

For more information about Visual C# .NET or Visual C# 2005, visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site:

Microsoft Visual C# developer center
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vcsharp/default.aspx

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Overview

For information about features of Visual C# .NET, visit the following MSDN Web sites:

Features overview for Visual C# .NET 2002
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vcsharp/Aa336774.aspx

Product overview for Visual C# .NET 2003
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vcsharp/Aa336792.aspx

An overview of Visual C# 2005
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vcsharp/2005/overview/default.aspx

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Language specification

For language specification information about Visual C# .NET, visit the following MSDN Web site:

C# language specification
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Aa645597(VS.71).aspx

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Key concepts and quickstarts

For more information about using Visual C# .NET, visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web sites:

Unsafe at the limit
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vcsharp/using

Working with C#
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vcsharp/using/columns/workingwithcsharp/default.aspx

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How to articles

"How to" articles provide step-by-step instructions to accomplish specific tasks. For more information, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:

Welcome to Microsoft Help and Support
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx

Visual C# .NET articles
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dv_vstechart/html/vbtchVisualCTechnicalArticles.asp

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Walkthroughs

Walkthroughs are mini-tutorials that walk you through some typical application development scenarios that use Visual C# .NET. For more information, visit the following MSDN Web sites:

Deployment walkthroughs
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/206sadcd(vs.71).aspx

Walkthroughs in Visual Basic and Visual C#
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7a61f8ks(vs.71).aspx

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Troubleshooting

If you experience problems, and you need answers to your questions, visit the MSDN newsgroups. In the MSDN newsgroups, you can share your experiences with your peers, or you can search the Microsoft Knowledge Base for articles about specific issues.

Search the Knowledge Base
http://support.microsoft.com/search

Welcome to MSDN discussion groups
http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/

Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.csharp

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