C#•2y ago

CS50 to C# .net webapp dev

Hey yall, I am finishing up CS50 and I was curious if yall had any recommendations for learning C# webapp dev?
Asking here instead of googling because I am hoping for something that sorta skips the basics (that cs50 teaches) and maybe throws me in the deep end with the new syntax?
Not %100 what I am looking for, maybe just advice.

Angius•1/1/24, 9:11 PM

or and start hacking at it

Angius•1/1/24, 9:11 PM

There is no new syntax

Angius•1/1/24, 9:11 PM

It's all C# one way or another

Angius•1/1/24, 9:11 PM

Even Razor templates use plain C# in them

AAngius There is no new syntax

rabbittOP•1/1/24, 9:37 PM

I do not know C#, I know C, C++ and Python, so I was hoping to just pick whatever section of C# im missing and start there

Angius•1/1/24, 9:37 PM

Ah, I thought CS50 was some C# course, but CS probably stands for Computer Science lol, my bad

Angius•1/1/24, 9:37 PM

In that case, start with $helloworld

AAngius In that case, start with $helloworld

MODiX•1/1/24, 9:37 PM

Interactive course
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/paths/get-started-c-sharp-part-1/
Videos
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/learn/videos

Angius•1/1/24, 9:38 PM

It might repeat some basics, sure, but they tend to be different enough from C/C++/Python that it's still worth going through them

Angius•1/1/24, 9:38 PM

For example, neither of those languages has a dedicated loop, IIRC

rabbittOP•1/1/24, 9:42 PM

ah i see, so best to just start from the bottom anyways

rabbittOP•1/1/24, 9:42 PM

cool cool

jonah•1/1/24, 10:03 PM

are you looking to learn how to make something like a web api in .net core? Or just how do things the "C# way" when you already know how to code?

Jjonah are you looking to learn how to make something like a web api in .net core? Or j...

rabbittOP•1/1/24, 11:39 PM

both

jonah•1/1/24, 11:46 PM

If you are interested in making some kind of web api to learn I can help you with it

jonah•1/1/24, 11:47 PM

@rabbitt

rabbittOP•1/1/24, 11:48 PM

this might be my lack of education, but are you refering to webapi as in a webapp that connects frontend through an api?

rabbittOP•1/1/24, 11:48 PM

I dont have a knowledge of how the pieces 'connect' so if an api is just how a webapp functions then yes

jonah•1/1/24, 11:55 PM

Yeah it can be a bit confusing. There are many ways you can structure web apps. A web api would be considered just the “back end” of the code. It wouldn’t be the html,css, or js part. You would just write it in plain ole c#. A good amount of the time you create a web API as a gateway for you front end to get data from a database. But there’s nothing forcing you to go into a database, just a common thing.

jonah•1/1/24, 11:55 PM

Would be easier to start there and learn c# without getting entangled in the front end just yet

jonah•1/1/24, 11:56 PM

But you could write the front end part after if you want to make a full application.

jonah•1/2/24, 12:10 AM

web api is probably what you are thinking an api is.

rabbittOP•1/2/24, 1:31 AM

yeah, i know css and html, probably easiest to start there tho

rabbittOP•1/2/24, 1:31 AM

thanks