Need to learn C# over the weekend

[minestrone]

Got an interview for a gig next week and there seems to be some C# GUI work involved (it is mostly a java gig though). I have been told that they are OK with you learning on the job but I would like to go into the interview knowing something about the technology.

Is there a free developer version of visual studio one can download these days?

I'm mostly a java person and used to be VC++ developer yonks ago so I am confident I can nail the basics in a few hours. That's really all I would want to do.

Thanks.

[Jaws]

Yes there are the express editions.

[minestrone]

Yes there are the express editions.

cheers, downloading now.

Take it that the things that version contains are the things I would not need anyway?

Ill probably be happy to get a GUI showing stuff from a DB, few buttons, tree view.

[suityou01]

cheers, downloading now.

Take it that the things that version contains are the things I would not need anyway?

Ill probably be happy to get a GUI showing stuff from a DB, few buttons, tree view.

WPF is all the rage. XML based with CS code behind, a la ASP.Net. Doddle to pick up and current.

[MPwannadecentincome]

Good luck!

[ASB]

Don't think the express editions give WPF WCF etc. However there are now time limited preconfigured virtual machines you can download from MS. Might be a better bet.

[centurian]

cheers, downloading now.

Take it that the things that version contains are the things I would not need anyway?

Ill probably be happy to get a GUI showing stuff from a DB, few buttons, tree view.

You could easily develop full applications with it.

It doesn't contain things like Installers and source control, but there's no way you'll get that far in a weekend

[suityou01]

if they ask you anything too technical or beyond your weekend cram session, try screwing your face up, wafting a hand in their direction, and swinging you shoes up on the desk in a cavalier dismissal of such a "trivial" question. Should do the trick.

[Zippy]

if they ask you anything too technical or beyond your weekend cram session, try screwing your face up, wafting a hand in their direction, and swinging you shoes up on the desk in a cavalier dismissal of such a "trivial" question. Should do the trick.

Bad, bad SY01

[thunderlizard]

If you want to impress, these are the things that for some reason always crop up in informal c# technical tests:

Access modifiers &c - they are a bit different from Java.
try/catch/finally - specifically the difference between throw; and throw(e);
Dispose() versus destructor
why/how to put assemblies in the GAC