Reddit mentions of Professional ASP.NET MVC 4

I complete agree with negative_epsilon. There is absolutely nothing wrong with C# and the .NET framework. People here on reddit like to hate on .NET but it is honestly a powerful framework. Visual Studio is the best IDE period, even people that hate .NET often admin that Visual Studio is an amazing development experience. For my personally, C# is my go to language for any new projects.

To give a little perspective, lots of companies worldwide choose .NET and many new startups (at least in my area) are on .NET and Microsoft Stack. Even StackOverlow is an example of really successful site built using C# and .NET.

Now about education I agree with the path already outlined, start with C# fundamentals, them web fundamentals, then asp.net mvc.

I thought offer some resources for learning:

PluralSight is a great training site. It's a paid site, but they do have a free trial and you might be able to get a free membership if you're a student.

Check out their library but I would recommend the following courses for you:

• Introduction to C# and .NET
  
  
• C# Fundamentals Part 1
  
  
• C# Fundamentals Part 2
  
  
• HTML Fundamentals
  
  
• An Introduction to CSS
  
  
• A Beginners Guide to the Microsoft Web Platform
  
  
• An Introduction to ASP.NET MVC3 Note: even though this is MVC3 and the current version is 4, you'll still learn a lot since it is 100% applicable and a basis for 4
  
  
• ASP.NET MVC Fundamentals
  
  If you want to buy a book Professional MVC4 is a great book. The past versions were not as great, but this one really shines and will explain the ASP.NET MVC Framework.
  
  Another great resource is the Official ASP.NET Website. There are loads of free tutorials and videos including:
  
  
• Free Intro to ASP.NET MVC
  
  
• MVC Music Store Tutorial build a complete app from scratch using asp.net mvc. Including all the web work and database.
  
  Sorry for the barrage of links and please know that I am in No way affiliated with pluralsight. I don't work for them, they don't even know I exist. I pay for my own subscription and it is completely worth it. They have all kinds of material from introductory to more advanced topics.