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Anyone know of good video tutorial for C# language?
I am very grateful to Mike for taking the time to put up this site. This is like a candy store for me.
I am a somewhat newbie trader who wants to try programming some ideas into a strategy for NinjaTrader. I have been paying a guy to code my ideas so far, but now I want to learn to fish rather than having to buy a fish each day
I have MS Visual Studio but have no clue where to start. It looks very intimidating for someone who has never programmed before - even in NinjaScript.
Yes, I know I could use the built-in NinjaScript editor but since it is new to me too, I figure I'd rather spend my time learning the REAL programming language. Or, do you think learning to use the NinjaScript would help me learn the C# down the road?
Thanks to all of you for your help.
Richard
Can you help answer these questions from other members on NexusFi?
I used an online company called VTC to learn how to program. They are only $30/month with access to tons of training video courses. They also let you view the first few videos of the course for free to see if it's right for you.
There are also tons of free videos on Utube and I think that Lynda.com might have some programming videos as well.
Just do a search for VTC learning and then in their search box put in C#.
C# and NinjaScript go hand in hand. You should learn the basics of C# then learn the unique classes of NinjaScript to manipulate NT into doing what you want. But NinjaScript is C#. A lot of "basic" C# principles don't translate entirely into NinjaScript however, because a lot of common tasks outside of NT are not very common inside NT (ie: Forms).
IMHO, NinjaScript is a very practical application of C#, using a wrapper to to handle most of the minutiae and glue that binds things together. By trying to learn C# first, the problem is that you can get bogged down in the intricacies of the language while learning a lot of details, but not much that will be practical in trading.
I would suggest that you first look at some of the shipping indicators and figure out what they mean, by using the Help reference, then write one or two indicators to do something very simple that you can verify. Once you are comfortable understanding how NinjaScript works, then start looking at the fancy features of C#.
Two cents well received. I began learning C# from my book. I’m enjoying it really, one step at a time, but I was wondering how soon that will help me transition to coding indicators or strategies with Ninjascript.
For me, your approach to learning NinjaScript is the way to go. Thanks.
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Anyone know of good video tutorial for C# language?
I am very grateful to Mike for taking the time to put up this site. This is like a candy store for me.
I am a somewhat newbie trader who wants to try programming some ideas into a strategy for NinjaTrader. I have been paying a guy to code my ideas so far, but now I want to learn to fish rather than having to buy a fish each day
I have MS Visual Studio but have no clue where to start.
Learn reading. Documentation.
Learning programming langagues from video is stupid - you will never see theoptions, context and explanations that a proper documentation gives you. If you do not know how to program at all, then a video also wont epxplain and teach you the context information that is actually relevant. Video is nice to get started - but that is similar to learn how to run a company by watching videos of managers making decision.
Get a good book, start working through it. And just ignore all tha NinjaScript talk - NinjaScript does not exist. if it looks like C#, follows C# grammar and is compiled by the C# compiler, it is C#.