Microsoft Visual C# - help

[inktomii]

I also started learning C# a few months ago to use the Tradelink API for trading.

There are a few good books/videos out there:
-Visual C# 2010 Step by Step (practical)
-http://www.csharp-station.com/Tutorial.aspx
-YouTube
-http://www.learnvisualstudio.net/
-A google search will give you lots of free information

 

[RRTrader]

I have developed my own trading tools in C#. I use Visual Studio for this. It is not cheap, nor intuitive, but it is a damn good development environment. I bought the WROX book on C# (very good). The CD with the books usually just contain source code which is not much help without a compiler. There are some free ones on the web, but I can't speak for their usability. If you are starting from scratch in OOP, I would suggest using C++. There is much more support (free stuff) out there for it (GNU). C# is fine if you have the necessary support tools. Incidentally, without a good development environment, coding for Windows is a nightmare. Perhaps you should re-asses what you are trying to accomplish.

I thought I would change from Metastock to Ninjatrader and bought the Microsoft book - Visual C# to understand some of the programming. What a nightmare so far. The enclosed CD disc loads but doesn't seem to be what it is billed in the book. It is in cs files that need another prog to open them. I bought a prog off the web and it hasn't worked. If I open them in word I get the gobblygook programming.

No support from Microsoft