Sunday, May 10, 2009

Okay so I have the tools, now what?

Coming from a linux / vim environment where trying to get something to do what it's supposed to can at times be a painful experience I was surprised to see just how easy a package like Visual Studio can make your life. It seems as if a great deal of effort has been put into taking away the time consuming and frustrating tasks developers face.

The intellisense-thingy rocks. I know most packages offer this but I've never stopped to think just how much it can speed up what you're doing. Another feature that seems pretty cool are breakpoints. I expect the more I learn I'll see how powerful tools like these can be.

So where to now? I'll be doing alot of reading on msdn and another nice place to get some quick information is stackoverflow.

I think firstly I should get a better understanding of OO concepts and how it's actually used. Internet to the rescue!