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starscream  ·  4121 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What's something you're interested in but too lazy to learn?

Javascript and HTML5.

And using Github, I can't understand it.





shadowsalmon  ·  4120 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Javascript and HTML5 can be really easy to learn if you just start doing simple web page projects. Just use Microsoft MVC and you'll be able to learn HTML, Javascript, CSS, and C# all in one package!

starscream  ·  4120 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Exactly whats MVC? Is it some sort of IDE for ASP.NET?

shadowsalmon  ·  4120 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah it's essentially a streamlined way to make a web app using ASP.net and (usually) Visual Studio. It separates the back end into Models, Views, and Controllers that all play their part in the development of a web app. It mainly uses HTML, CSS, Javascript, and C# and you can load JavaScript libraries and stuff with C# like ORMs. There's a lot of good info on the website: http://www.asp.net/mvc

forwardslash  ·  4120 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I was going through Pro ASP.NET MVC 4 before coming onto hubski. IMO, while it's awesome you'll end up using a lot more templating and C# than anything else.

shadowsalmon  ·  4120 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's possible, though it really depends on what you want to do. I like C#, so I don't mind that side of it, but it's also a great resource for learning the visual languages as well. I guess it just depends on your programming tastes.

forwardslash  ·  4120 days ago  ·  link  ·  

True. I also picked it up because I wanted to get more into C# and .NET while also learning about developing for the web, so that's what I got out of it.

shadowsalmon  ·  4120 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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forwardslash  ·  4121 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Git was a bit of a daunting trip when I first tried to learn it. I almost forgot how hard it was to learn until I tried to teach it to some first year comp sci students for a group project we were working on.

joelg236  ·  4121 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Github for windows. Saves me thousands of seconds. I taught two almost completely computer-illiterate people how to contribute to my projects.

forwardslash  ·  4121 days ago  ·  link  ·  

True, though last I checked it still went to command-line when it so much as sniffed a merge conflict.

joelg236  ·  4120 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yep. I also deal with that unfortunately.

"Help! Github isn't working"

Well thanks, but I'll need more than that.