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Hi.

I want to re-learn programming. I have a BS in Computer Science, but have not programmed for many years. On my bookshelf is Turbo Pascal 6.0 and Visual Basic 6.0. This represents my last use of an IDE for writing code decades ago.

I currently work as a tester at my company. They use Visual Studio 2013, moving to 2015. I can install this on my company laptop and use that. This is one option.

I'd like to be able to work on my home computer. So I was looking at the free offerings, Visual Studio Community and Visual Studio Code.

I can't tell what Visual Studio Community is. Visual Studio Code looks like a text IDE kind of like what I used in Turbo Pascal years ago.

My objective is to learn C#. I am going to work through The C Programming Language book to start with.

Thanks,

Steve

Saturday, August 6, 2016 7:48 PM

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See here:-

https://mva.microsoft.com/

- or here:-

https://mva.microsoft.com/search/SearchResults.aspx#!q=visual%20basic&lang=1033

- or here:-

https://mva.microsoft.com/en-US/training-courses/visual-basic-fundamentals-for-absolute-beginners-16507?l=jqMOvLKbC_9206218965

Any of the above might help you get the ball rolling again.
- Marked as answer by s.sheldon Thursday, August 11, 2016 6:54 PM
Sunday, August 7, 2016 3:42 AM
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Hi,

you should use Visual Studio Community at home because that is (more or less) the Visual Studio that you will also use at work then. Visual Studio Code is a multi platform solution which does not offer all the functions that Visual Studio offers.

You should also look at the Dev Essentials page / register there. You get a lot of things there e.g. Downloads to Visual Studio Community / SQL Server Developer Edition and a lot more stuff. https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-dev-essentials-vs.aspx

MVA could be nice, but of course not the Visual Basic searches when you are interested in C#!

With kind regards,

Konrad
- Marked as answer by s.sheldon Thursday, August 11, 2016 6:51 PM
Sunday, August 7, 2016 10:38 AM

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See here:-

https://mva.microsoft.com/

- or here:-

https://mva.microsoft.com/search/SearchResults.aspx#!q=visual%20basic&lang=1033

- or here:-

https://mva.microsoft.com/en-US/training-courses/visual-basic-fundamentals-for-absolute-beginners-16507?l=jqMOvLKbC_9206218965

Any of the above might help you get the ball rolling again.
- Marked as answer by s.sheldon Thursday, August 11, 2016 6:54 PM
Sunday, August 7, 2016 3:42 AM
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Hi,

you should use Visual Studio Community at home because that is (more or less) the Visual Studio that you will also use at work then. Visual Studio Code is a multi platform solution which does not offer all the functions that Visual Studio offers.

You should also look at the Dev Essentials page / register there. You get a lot of things there e.g. Downloads to Visual Studio Community / SQL Server Developer Edition and a lot more stuff. https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-dev-essentials-vs.aspx

MVA could be nice, but of course not the Visual Basic searches when you are interested in C#!

With kind regards,

Konrad
- Marked as answer by s.sheldon Thursday, August 11, 2016 6:51 PM
Sunday, August 7, 2016 10:38 AM

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Thanks Konrad, Community is what a developer here at work said would most closely match Visual Studio that we use at work.

Thanks!

Steve

Thursday, August 11, 2016 6:52 PM