Help with C# recommendations

[TheFlash]

Here is my story. After almost a year of sitting at home unemployed, I got a job about 2 months ago. Its a local company in CT, we manufacture and sell various water quality controllers etc. The owner, rights his own programs for the products we manufacture and sell. He has since encouraged me to start learning a language, no pressure at all he said, it would just be more beneficial for me to learn a language. Might be that I should lend a hand with software design further down the line and it will also help me to get a better understanding of how our products actually work. Regardless, his current go to language is C# for the development of our testing software, as well as for the firmware and software our controllers use. Here is my problem....well not really a problem as there is no pressure, but Im almost 50 years old, no prior exp in programming/coding at all. I have looked at C#, but only via Youtube and Google links that I have found so far. It seems interesting and something I would like to learn. Again, my position is not reliant on me learning C#, but it would be nice to be able to dabble with it, as well as lend a hand should the need arise. And this is where you guys come in. Im hoping you guys could recommend any sites or links offering free tutorials? It would be greatly appreciated. If there are none, I will just continue with my Youtubing
Thanx in advance
Go well and be blessed

 

[iamgigglz]

Yeah keep going with the Youtube thing, BUT mix it up. One guy will teach you one way of using c# in one sunshine-and-rainbows scenario. Flip to a different channel and the guy will show you a completely different way of doing things.
Keep your knowledge rounded.
Also, maybe look at getting some baseline knowledge of SQL under your belt. It’s a natural pairing to c#

 

[Scrooloose]

W3Schools is my go-to resource to learn a new coding language.

C# is excellent, and you can get several IDEs for it free of charge. I prefer Visual Studio or Eclipse.

 

[TheFlash]

Thanx guys for the info, its much appreciated

 

[Signor65]

If learning from books is more your thing, RB Whitaker's C# Player's Guide is a really palatable introduction to C#. Some more advanced stuff can be found in titles like Mark J Price's C# 11 and .NET 7 , or Christian Nagel's Professional C# and .NET.