Learning To Code
With the internet, there has never been a better time to be a programmer. Before, you would have to spend a lot of time in college libraries and buy a lot of expensive books in book stores. Then the internet and Google came along, and now you can search for almost anything and find a code sample and documentation for what you wanted to do.
Now Microsoft has taken learning on the internet to a whole new level. Microsoft has come out with a product called Microsoft Virtual Labs at the website:
http://www.microsoft.com/events/vlabs/default.mspx
With Microsoft Virtual Labs you actually go through a lab-like experience where you are given an Internet Explorer interface to a virtual machine running through the browser. Microsoft gives you a PDF to follow along and 90 minutes to complete the tasks. It can be from configuring IIS to cache web pages and check the statistics to programming C# web forms in .NET framework 3.0. It’s an excellent learning tool for technology.
This means you can not only get documentation but hands on learning without buying anything. It still will not do the work for you but if someone really wants to learn a new skill, they have the ability to do so; it is a great time to be alive and programming.