How was your first day on .net?
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Before i ever knew the .net framework existed, I was a diehard Java programmer, when it was owned by Sun Systems. But on my industrial attachment, I worked for a firm that dealt with Microsoft technologies only, hence, the need to interact with Visual Studio. Having interacted with Netbeans IDE, my transition to VS2008 was at the very least effortless; the imports became, 'using' (C#), and there was a visual toolbox like the one I was accustomed to with Java. And before I realized it, I was using .net libraries like System.net.sockets and liking it. I have not turned back since then, and now even consider myself a C# developer on VS2010 and using Telerik and WP7 sdk. I only interact with Java when I occasionally have to whip up some Android app. How was your first .net experience?
Started at a new company and was immediatly required to do a pretty complex use case in ASP .NET 1.1 I was fresh out of school where I mostly did Java. I kinda liked it, but felt that the code could be more elegant. Then I was shipped off to a customer for 3 years where I did all sorts of things, but not .NET When I returned to the main office, they moved up to .NET 3.0 Now, I kinda liked it a lot better. 3.5 came and we started our first WPF project a bit later. XAML blew me away. I loved it and I still do. XAML is by far the best and most intuitive GUI layer I've ever worked with. C# + XAML is a killer combo for me.
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Before i ever knew the .net framework existed, I was a diehard Java programmer, when it was owned by Sun Systems. But on my industrial attachment, I worked for a firm that dealt with Microsoft technologies only, hence, the need to interact with Visual Studio. Having interacted with Netbeans IDE, my transition to VS2008 was at the very least effortless; the imports became, 'using' (C#), and there was a visual toolbox like the one I was accustomed to with Java. And before I realized it, I was using .net libraries like System.net.sockets and liking it. I have not turned back since then, and now even consider myself a C# developer on VS2010 and using Telerik and WP7 sdk. I only interact with Java when I occasionally have to whip up some Android app. How was your first .net experience?
I was in a library and saw a book with the following title: "Microsoft .net". I didn't research much and bought the book thinking it was a new microsoft technology for web (.net) applications :doh: . A very good mistake though, .net since 1.0 :)
"To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems" - Homer Simpson
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Before i ever knew the .net framework existed, I was a diehard Java programmer, when it was owned by Sun Systems. But on my industrial attachment, I worked for a firm that dealt with Microsoft technologies only, hence, the need to interact with Visual Studio. Having interacted with Netbeans IDE, my transition to VS2008 was at the very least effortless; the imports became, 'using' (C#), and there was a visual toolbox like the one I was accustomed to with Java. And before I realized it, I was using .net libraries like System.net.sockets and liking it. I have not turned back since then, and now even consider myself a C# developer on VS2010 and using Telerik and WP7 sdk. I only interact with Java when I occasionally have to whip up some Android app. How was your first .net experience?
Actually, my first day of .NET was not good. I'm a Web developer, and I love coding, not the drag-and-drop style. I always coded my HTML/CSS by hand, and actually started out as ColdFusion developer, back in the Allaire days, and did some Java. Then I tried ASP.NET, dragged a few controls onto the design surface, plugged in some events, and hated it. Wait, where do I write the HTML? How do I write CSS in there? What are the crazy ID's that are being generated? It was so contrary to what I felt most comfortable with, so I ignored it. I loved the C# language, I really wanted to use it, but I just couldn't get into WebForms. Then I started playing with Ruby on Rails, and loved the MVC concept, but didn't like the lack of (at the time) support in Windows. I dual booted Linux and started to learn it...but then this little thing called ASP.NET MVC beta came out...MVC with C#! Jumped right in, and haven't looked back ever since. I love the .NET Framework, and Visual Studio (with ReSharper), it's a great environment to work in. But, I just couldn't get into it until ASP.NET MVC. Now in version 3 with the Razor syntax, I am really happy now. But, WebForms still haunts me, because I wanted to get my MCTS, but instead of creating a separate track, they plunked it into the same exam as only 13% of the exam. So, I would have to go back and learn WebForms just to get certified. No thanks. Hopefully some day they'll create a separate certification track.
The world is going to laugh at you anyway, might as well crack the 1st joke! My code has no bugs, it runs exactly as it was written.
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Before i ever knew the .net framework existed, I was a diehard Java programmer, when it was owned by Sun Systems. But on my industrial attachment, I worked for a firm that dealt with Microsoft technologies only, hence, the need to interact with Visual Studio. Having interacted with Netbeans IDE, my transition to VS2008 was at the very least effortless; the imports became, 'using' (C#), and there was a visual toolbox like the one I was accustomed to with Java. And before I realized it, I was using .net libraries like System.net.sockets and liking it. I have not turned back since then, and now even consider myself a C# developer on VS2010 and using Telerik and WP7 sdk. I only interact with Java when I occasionally have to whip up some Android app. How was your first .net experience?
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Before i ever knew the .net framework existed, I was a diehard Java programmer, when it was owned by Sun Systems. But on my industrial attachment, I worked for a firm that dealt with Microsoft technologies only, hence, the need to interact with Visual Studio. Having interacted with Netbeans IDE, my transition to VS2008 was at the very least effortless; the imports became, 'using' (C#), and there was a visual toolbox like the one I was accustomed to with Java. And before I realized it, I was using .net libraries like System.net.sockets and liking it. I have not turned back since then, and now even consider myself a C# developer on VS2010 and using Telerik and WP7 sdk. I only interact with Java when I occasionally have to whip up some Android app. How was your first .net experience?
I used to be an advanced Delphi developer, but then took a job where I was forced to do VB6. X| I felt my hands were tied and was deeply frustrated by that language's lack of power. Then one joyful morning we were green-lit to use VB.net and I saw FREEDOM again, just like when I was coding with Delphi; the only thing I really missed from VB6 was its edit-and-continue philosphy, (this feature was not available in VS2003) I had unknowingly reshaped my coding patterns around it! Anders Hejlsberg has created IMO the best development platforms ever since Borland Turbo Pascal's days. Delphi was a masterpiece, and Microsoft did an extremely well strategic move bringing his talent to the table. :-D
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Before i ever knew the .net framework existed, I was a diehard Java programmer, when it was owned by Sun Systems. But on my industrial attachment, I worked for a firm that dealt with Microsoft technologies only, hence, the need to interact with Visual Studio. Having interacted with Netbeans IDE, my transition to VS2008 was at the very least effortless; the imports became, 'using' (C#), and there was a visual toolbox like the one I was accustomed to with Java. And before I realized it, I was using .net libraries like System.net.sockets and liking it. I have not turned back since then, and now even consider myself a C# developer on VS2010 and using Telerik and WP7 sdk. I only interact with Java when I occasionally have to whip up some Android app. How was your first .net experience?
I had previously been using VC++ and MFC (Yech! Shudder!), so .NET was a VAST improvement! VC++ and MFC use what I call a "gimmick-based" architecture. To do anything significant, a straightforward approach never works; you have to know the gimmick. (A quick example: The CBitmap class didn't even have a method to read .BMP file from disk! Sure, it's possible, but you have to know the gimmick to do it! Horrible!) In C#/.NET everything's methods and members. With Intellisense, it actually became easier to solve a problem in C# than in C++, despite the fact that I had had 20 times more experience with C++/MFC! And C#/.NET had fewer of those situations where you're doing EVERYTHING "correctly", but it still doesn't work. I have to give credit where credit is due: .NET/C# was a vast improvement in programming technology.
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Before i ever knew the .net framework existed, I was a diehard Java programmer, when it was owned by Sun Systems. But on my industrial attachment, I worked for a firm that dealt with Microsoft technologies only, hence, the need to interact with Visual Studio. Having interacted with Netbeans IDE, my transition to VS2008 was at the very least effortless; the imports became, 'using' (C#), and there was a visual toolbox like the one I was accustomed to with Java. And before I realized it, I was using .net libraries like System.net.sockets and liking it. I have not turned back since then, and now even consider myself a C# developer on VS2010 and using Telerik and WP7 sdk. I only interact with Java when I occasionally have to whip up some Android app. How was your first .net experience?
I know only a little Java, and only a little C#, but I do know that they are very similar. In an open source project I worked on, the apache Lucene searche engine, written in java, is used to implement a desktop file indexing/searching tool, which is named beagle, and is written in C# (mono). The lexical parser was written in jflex, and after the java source is generated, it only took me a dozen regexp-replacements to covert the code into C#. So, they are indeed quite similar...
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Before i ever knew the .net framework existed, I was a diehard Java programmer, when it was owned by Sun Systems. But on my industrial attachment, I worked for a firm that dealt with Microsoft technologies only, hence, the need to interact with Visual Studio. Having interacted with Netbeans IDE, my transition to VS2008 was at the very least effortless; the imports became, 'using' (C#), and there was a visual toolbox like the one I was accustomed to with Java. And before I realized it, I was using .net libraries like System.net.sockets and liking it. I have not turned back since then, and now even consider myself a C# developer on VS2010 and using Telerik and WP7 sdk. I only interact with Java when I occasionally have to whip up some Android app. How was your first .net experience?
I used .Net (1.1) when i was in college. In my training section, my teacher showed me, how to build web page using vs controls. Then i started playing with textboxes, images and others controls and created a new website for one of my friend. One person's data is another person's program. --J.Walia
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Before i ever knew the .net framework existed, I was a diehard Java programmer, when it was owned by Sun Systems. But on my industrial attachment, I worked for a firm that dealt with Microsoft technologies only, hence, the need to interact with Visual Studio. Having interacted with Netbeans IDE, my transition to VS2008 was at the very least effortless; the imports became, 'using' (C#), and there was a visual toolbox like the one I was accustomed to with Java. And before I realized it, I was using .net libraries like System.net.sockets and liking it. I have not turned back since then, and now even consider myself a C# developer on VS2010 and using Telerik and WP7 sdk. I only interact with Java when I occasionally have to whip up some Android app. How was your first .net experience?
I've learned some C and C++ during college. I tried MFC for a short while, but then C# and .Net were hot new stuff and I decided to give it a try (I am rather lazy and MFC seamed like to much work :P). It felt so easy, natural and intuitive that I've never looked back to MFC.
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Before i ever knew the .net framework existed, I was a diehard Java programmer, when it was owned by Sun Systems. But on my industrial attachment, I worked for a firm that dealt with Microsoft technologies only, hence, the need to interact with Visual Studio. Having interacted with Netbeans IDE, my transition to VS2008 was at the very least effortless; the imports became, 'using' (C#), and there was a visual toolbox like the one I was accustomed to with Java. And before I realized it, I was using .net libraries like System.net.sockets and liking it. I have not turned back since then, and now even consider myself a C# developer on VS2010 and using Telerik and WP7 sdk. I only interact with Java when I occasionally have to whip up some Android app. How was your first .net experience?
I tried to upgrade an old VB6 app to VB .net and got more compilation errors than a typical C++ solution, So I went back to using C++ for a while; never even tried C# at that point. When I started my next job they insisted on using C#, I tried it and have barely looked back since. Well unless I need to play with GPGPU for fun, then I will put my C head on ;P