Learning C#

Posted on October 27, 2015 by MrBalin

I'm finishing a Microsoft edX certification for Intermediate C# and certainly did learn quite a bit! I really want to focus on implementing that knowledge by getting my hands dirty in the code with a few projects to boost my confidence. I decided to really sit down and accomplish two things: Create a great video game demo in Unity3d, and to write a fully independent application using C# within Visual Studio. thankfully, I can experiment with C# inside Unity as well as become motivated to pract...

Certification in Beginning C Sharp

Posted on March 27, 2015October 9, 2015 by MrBalin

WooHOO! I finished my online course to be rewarded with a certification! It clearly states "C# for the Absolute Beginner", but it's a step and a certification in something! I knew a good portion already from studying Goldstone's book, but did things ever change about half way in. I still need to practice a few things to memory, like: loops, lists, arrays, classes and constructors, using external files, and GUI! That does seem a lot to work on now that I type it all out, but baby steps are stil...

Learning C# as a Beginner

Posted on November 9, 2014October 9, 2015 by MrBalin

I have had quite a lot of input from members on Twitter to which I am grateful and did some of my own research on where to start thoroughly learning C# or C sharp. I have several books but do not give me the homework to practice and retain what it is they are trying to teach me. Unity 3.x Game Development Essentials by Goldstone is a VERY great introduction to C# and Unity3d. However once you progress to much later in the book, it becomes out of date with Unity's Particle system and as GUI...