The following are some suggested supplemental references to further your retraining effort.
Regular Expressions with .NET (e-book), by Dan Appleman (Desaware, 2002):
http://desaware.com/Ebook3L2.htm.
Visual Basic.NET or C#? Which to Choose? (e-book), by Dan Appleman (Desaware, 2002):
http://desaware.com/Ebook2L2.htm .
.NET Magazine:
http://www.fawcette.com/dotnetmag/
MSDN Magazine:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/
Visual Studio Magazine:
http://www.fawcette.com/vsm/
Windows Developer Magazine:
http://www.wd-mag.com/
XML & Web Services Magazine:
http://www.fawcette.com/xmlmag/
.NET Architecture Center:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/architecture/
.NET Framework Regular Expressions:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconcomregularexpressions.asp
Compare Microsoft .NET to J2EE Technology:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/net/compare/default.asp
GotDotNet: Backwards Breaking Changes from Version 1.0 to 1.1:
http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/changeinfo/Backwards1.0to1.1/default.aspx#00000106
Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE):
http://java.sun.com/j2ee/
JavaScript Developer Central (Netscape):
http://devedge.netscape.com/central/javascript/
Microsoft Community (discussion groups, e-newsletters, and so forth):
http://communities2.microsoft.com/
Microsoft Patterns & Practices:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/practices/
Microsoft s Search the Knowledge Base Web Site:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;EN-US;KBHOWTO
Microsoft TechNet How-To Index:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/itsolutions/howto
MSDN:
http://msdn.microsoft.com
"Netscape and Sun Announce JavaScript" (press release):
http://java.sun.com/pr/1995/12/pr951204-03.html
Vnunet.com: "Sun may lose war by winning Java battle" (article):
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1137515
WebSphere Developer Domain:
http://www7b.software.ibm.com/wsdd/
Windows .NET Server 2003:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/nhp/default.asp?contentid=28001691
Windows Script:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/nhp/Default.asp?contentid=28001169