Microsoft Learning Center targets beginner programmers
eWeek | at | by Mike
Microsoft has launched a new Web site aimed at helping novices learn to write applications and build their own Web sites.
Capping its thrust to tap the nascent market for tools for beginners, Microsoft launched its new Beginner Developer Learning Center on March 1.
Dan Fernandez, Microsoft's lead product manager for Visual Studio Express, Microsoft's low-end tool set for students and hobbyist developers, said there is a "huge number of people out there doing all sorts of things" with the low-end tools, but that number only scratches the surface of how many people would likely benefit from a tool for absolute beginners based on work they do or interest in building simple applications.