He asked. And I said yes!
With having immense experience as a visiting faculty in my TCS years, I knew (As Tommy Lee Jones says, “100 years back man KNEW that earth was flat!”) that it would be a piece of cake.
I was wrong (again!).
These friends of mine (2 others joined later) come from a very different background. Mainframes!
So, the question was WHERE WOULD I START? I can go on for hours blabbering HTML, or talk OO concepts and dive into Design Patterns. Even though HTML and OO concepts are necessary for a beginner in .NET, it was not practical enough.
Here is what I did:
1. Told them to study HTML on their own.
2. Gave a brief introduction on OO concepts.
3. Did not talk any thing about Design patterns (I did something right!)
4. Gave a brief introduction on ASP.
5. Explained why, what and how of .NET in general.
I could see their head spin. Mine would too if some one did this to me (He wouldn't be alive to see my head spin :-)).
But all went well (I think), and the day rested.
The second day is coming and I feel like a kid. Again :WHERE DO I START?