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Ask HN: Resources for returning to Microsoft's stack

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After many years of largely ignoring Microsoft’s platform, I need to refresh my knowledge. I’ve worked on a few .NET and C++ projects on Windows recently, but I’ve mostly focused on Linux and Java.

Does anyone have any non-obvious recommendations for getting up to speed with .NET and Microsoft’s stack/platform (specifically C# and ASP.NET)?

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miguelrochefort
The "Microsoft's stack" is quite large.

What problems do you want to solve?

kogir
Part of why I've always liked the Microsoft stack is that historically they've always had excellent documentation. (I taught myself C++ with the VS 6 documentation) While not up to their old standard, their current documentation is still many times better than many open source and new/trendy technologies.

I know you requested non-obvious recommendations, but the fastest way to get up to speed is literally to read the docs. I'd avoid .NET Core for now and let things settle first. So http://www.asp.net/aspnet

C# is close enough to Java that just pretending it is Java will get you 90% of the way, and reading the ASP.NET docs (in C#) will expose you to enough that you shouldn't need to study it specifically.

samfisher83
I agree their documentation is one of the best around.