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So yeah, I'm thinking of learning how to program.
So what are your suggestions for programming IDEs? There's Visual C# Express, and then there's SharpDevelop... I dunno which would be better for someone that's new at this. I'm not completely clueless as I took some programming classes in college... fourteen years ago... but still.
Any suggestions for tutorials, books, etc.?
Thanks.
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I highly recommend visual studio express 2010, or a commercial version if you can "afford" it (There are some great prices right now on those; I've got a full professional version within the last couple months). MSDN is amazingly useful, and the IDE itself makes learning the language a lot easier than it could have been.
For books, I'd recommend finding a copy of C# 4.0 Unleashed. It was ~$70 for me, but it takes you through the basis of .NET, the C# syntax, and goes into just about every feature of C#. Definitely worth your money there.
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Echoing the love for Visual C# 2010 Express. It's a fantastic IDE and Intellisense is pretty damn awesome. I've got a Sams Teach Yourself Visual C# 2010 in 24 hours book, but I haven't looked at it much. I started reading it, then just dived in to a bunch of projects and then XNA.
I also started off reading this load of tutorials. Certainly not a bad start.
Sukasa, looks like I'm saving up for another book. Thanks very much.
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I appreciate the help.
I want to do this, in part, to help me learn how to code some tools that I need for my regular computer usage (GUIs for command line tools or emulators, etc.), as well as to code stuff like data extractors for games.
That last one might be ages away, but at least I'm gonna try to get a head start on it. 
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Originally posted by paulguy
In the future with stuff you plan to actually release, consider compatibility with Mono.
I love their album.
Oh wait, you mean the open source .NET thingy. Yeah, I plan on making things cross-platform if possible. Most of the stuff I'd write would be intended for Windows XP / Vista / 7 OS usage, but I'll try to make any game-related tools as compatible with other OSes as possible. AND open sourced.
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