Guidance on the most effective way to learn Sharepoint

Question

I am a .NET developer with a few years of experience in Winforms, WPF and some ASP.NET with C#. What would be the best way for me to go about learning sharepoint, as a developer? I would be Learning on my spare time, My work currently has nothing to do with sharepoint, but I have seen a bit of what sharepoint can do and I felt that It is a technology worth investing my time in.

I am interested In books, videos, possible training, webcasts, videos, blogs, forums, communities and any advice you may have.

Answer 1

First suggestion is to learn how to Google. It's the most important tool a SharePoint developer has. For example, a search for "most effective way to learn sharepoint" would have pointed you to several worthwhile resources on the topic.

Since I'm here, I'll point you to a blog post I put together: Getting Started with SharePoint 2010 Development–Links and Resources

Answer 2

Since you have had experience with MS Technologies, I would suggest you visit:

MSDN SharePoint Developer Training

It has more than enough information to get you started.