Has anyone heard of SetFocus?

[DreamThrall]

(www.setfocus.com) I'm seriously thinking of taking their Masters course in C#.NET, but I haven't been able to find any feedback or reviews aside from the ones on their website. Has anyone heard of this place? Is it worth the tuition?

 

[Homer]

I would say it is most likely (in fact, almost definitely) completely non-accredited. You would be better off at a local community college.

 

[DreamThrall]

I'm not looking for college credits here... Just knowledge. Plus, I think they give you the MCSD cert when you "graduate", which is all the accreditation I need.

 

[we11er]

Just learn C# yourself, it's easy stuff. Either that or a book - there are *plenty* out there.

How much does it cost btw, can't be arsed to click the link.

 

[HunterSeeker]

C# is not a good language (I know I am currently forcing myself through a cource in it...).

 

[Link]

I stay away from private training companys, they are aimed at compnays rather than the public anyway.

Nice little story for you. I was sucked in by one such company, they told me that it was a widely recognised qualification, that I would walk into a £20,000 job etc etc. I laid down over 2 grand and I have nothing to show except some certificates that no-one seems to recognise.

Up to you, but I thought I'd warn you. As others have said, go to a cheap/free college course instead.

 

[Jesus]

C# is not a good language (I know I am currently forcing myself through a cource in it...).

You cannot say a language is bad without giving further explanation. C# is a very good language for Windows development, whereas it wouldn't be so good for low level systems programming (for example).

The .NET framework is extrememly rich and powerful. You can download a file in 2 lines, parse it as XML in another 2 lines etc etc. Everything is so easy, it makes Windows programming fun once again.

I remember having to spend hours with Win32 function calls in C++ to get something relatively simple done. With C# it would take a few minutes.

It also has various other features that are lacking in other languages. It has generics, it has properties, delegates (effectively a type-safe function pointer), etc etc which combined with the .NET framework make it a kick-ass language.