recently migrated from VB6...debating on C# or VB.NET
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**I also posted this question in........ but do to the lack of response I moved it here. I realize I may get vb-biased responses so I am debating on also posting in the C# discussion board, but don't want to come across as spamming** ..many apologies if I am beating an extremely dead horse... Well i recently migrated for VB6 a couple of months ago to VB.NET when I acquired a VS.NET Professional package. Thanks ,in part, to the outstanding responses I got about the migration. Well I havent made any serious apps in VB.NET yet. still doing alot of reading/learning..did I mention alot of reading?:) well anyways I have been doing a bit of online reading and have heard alot of bashing of VB.NET and high praise of C#. Is VB.NET really that bad? I am planning to be in the programming field for the rest of my life *awwww* and realize i need to learn more than one language. But which is a better language to pursue first VB or C#. Sorry for the long read. And many thanks from a young, humble programmer in a tremendous community. ._._._._._.-.-.-.-.-._._._._._.-.-.-.-.-._._._._._.-.-.-.-.- Spimoles.NET
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**I also posted this question in........ but do to the lack of response I moved it here. I realize I may get vb-biased responses so I am debating on also posting in the C# discussion board, but don't want to come across as spamming** ..many apologies if I am beating an extremely dead horse... Well i recently migrated for VB6 a couple of months ago to VB.NET when I acquired a VS.NET Professional package. Thanks ,in part, to the outstanding responses I got about the migration. Well I havent made any serious apps in VB.NET yet. still doing alot of reading/learning..did I mention alot of reading?:) well anyways I have been doing a bit of online reading and have heard alot of bashing of VB.NET and high praise of C#. Is VB.NET really that bad? I am planning to be in the programming field for the rest of my life *awwww* and realize i need to learn more than one language. But which is a better language to pursue first VB or C#. Sorry for the long read. And many thanks from a young, humble programmer in a tremendous community. ._._._._._.-.-.-.-.-._._._._._.-.-.-.-.-._._._._._.-.-.-.-.- Spimoles.NET
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JoeySpimoley wrote: But which is a better language to pursue first VB or C#. Like anything else, it's a matter of preference. If you're going to learn both, neither is that much better than the other. There are some things that VB.NET supports that C# doesn't and there are things that C# supports that VB.NET doesn't. For instance, I'm writing an application that has a front end written in VB.NET and all the image processing code behind it is written in C#. (Christian -> Thanks for the image processing articles! :-D) RageInTheMachine9532 "...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome
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**I also posted this question in........ but do to the lack of response I moved it here. I realize I may get vb-biased responses so I am debating on also posting in the C# discussion board, but don't want to come across as spamming** ..many apologies if I am beating an extremely dead horse... Well i recently migrated for VB6 a couple of months ago to VB.NET when I acquired a VS.NET Professional package. Thanks ,in part, to the outstanding responses I got about the migration. Well I havent made any serious apps in VB.NET yet. still doing alot of reading/learning..did I mention alot of reading?:) well anyways I have been doing a bit of online reading and have heard alot of bashing of VB.NET and high praise of C#. Is VB.NET really that bad? I am planning to be in the programming field for the rest of my life *awwww* and realize i need to learn more than one language. But which is a better language to pursue first VB or C#. Sorry for the long read. And many thanks from a young, humble programmer in a tremendous community. ._._._._._.-.-.-.-.-._._._._._.-.-.-.-.-._._._._._.-.-.-.-.- Spimoles.NET
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As the other reply stated, both are very close as far as features and power. It really is a matter of style and preference. VB.NET will be easier for you since you have a VB6 background. On the other hand, C# is also very easy to pick up if you have a VB background. To sum up the different styles: VB.NET: Descriptive syntax and multiple syntax alternatives C#: Concise and elegant code with virtually no ambiguous syntax David Anton Tangible Software Solutions www.tangiblesoftwaresolutions.com Home of: Instant C#: VB.NET to C# Converter Instant VB: C# to VB.NET Converter Instant J#: VB.NET to J# Converter
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As the other reply stated, both are very close as far as features and power. It really is a matter of style and preference. VB.NET will be easier for you since you have a VB6 background. On the other hand, C# is also very easy to pick up if you have a VB background. To sum up the different styles: VB.NET: Descriptive syntax and multiple syntax alternatives C#: Concise and elegant code with virtually no ambiguous syntax David Anton Tangible Software Solutions www.tangiblesoftwaresolutions.com Home of: Instant C#: VB.NET to C# Converter Instant VB: C# to VB.NET Converter Instant J#: VB.NET to J# Converter