Newbie

[Andy]

Hi

Just begun som elight coding with VB Express 2005. And have also checked out
the coding4fun part on MSDN. As far as I can see most examples are coded
with C#. Does this mean that C# is the way to go instead of VB 2005?

/A.

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Just begun som elight coding with VB Express 2005. And have also checked
out the coding4fun part on MSDN. As far as I can see most examples are
coded with C#. Does this mean that C# is the way to go instead of VB 2005?

No. There is some content which is only available for C# and vice versa.

 

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Andy,

Just begun som elight coding with VB Express 2005. And have also checked
out the coding4fun part on MSDN. As far as I can see most examples are
coded with C#. Does this mean that C# is the way to go instead of VB 2005?

I checked it of course direct, I was disappointed. I thought that it was a
kind of coding for fun articles from what my country is famous from.

However, in my opinion are for game type programs the C derived languages
still better than VBNet (The samples from DirectX with VBNet are really a
push down)



Cor

 

[Chris Dunaway]

If this is the first programming language you are trying to learn, it
probably does not matter which one you use. VB.Net has a more english
like syntax and is more verbose. This might be helpful for a new
programmer, but C# is not really any more difficult but it uses more
symbols instead of keywords. For example in C# uses '&' and '|' for
logical comparisons whereas VB uses the keywords 'And' and 'Or'.

If you learn the .Net framework, then the language you choose will
become secondary and one of personal preference.

Whichever you choose, the people on these news groups are a tremendous
help for any questions you might have. I have certainly benefited from
their expertise in the past (and will so in the future too, I'm sure!).

Good luck!