Daylene Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 Hi everyone, I am a noobie programmer and want to learn either vb or vb.net. Which one would be easier to learn, and with the times? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 colordeficiency Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 .NET is the way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 monkeydust Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 Neither. Go with C#. :) We initially switched to VB.NET since most of our code was in VB 6 COM. But, within a couple of months we realized that C# was a much nicer language to code in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 wa22guy Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 .NET man... VB is on its way out. In fact, if you can, learn C#. It's almost just as easy to learn and is more in line with other languages syntax (like C++ and Java) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Daylene Posted September 25, 2004 Author Share Posted September 25, 2004 so visual c is almost as easy as vb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 monkeydust Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 so visual c is almost as easy as vb? No. Visual C is much more complicated than VB. Go with C#. It is a great language and it is really gaining acceptance in the business world. C# is a good bridging language. Once you learn that, you will easily be able to code Java or Javascript if you want to get into web programming.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 nX07 Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 I wish our school would start teaching in ANY .NET language.. where still being taught in VB. @_@ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 monkeydust Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 I wish our school would start teaching in ANY .NET language.. where still being taught in VB. @_@ In my experience, schools are always behind the curb. I never learned any languages in school that I used in the workplace. What typically happens is that you graduate, get an entry level position programming, and then learn on the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Andareed Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 It shouldn't matter what language you are using. C++/C/C#/VB/VB.Net/QBasic/PHP/Java/etc... all have the same structure, but slightly different syntax. If you can learn one, you can learn them all. If you are only using VB because you can make cool windows apps, then that is the wrong approach. The only "different" languages I"ve seen are assembly and scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I am a noobie programmer and want to learn either vb or vb.net. Which one would be easier to learn, and with the times?
thanks
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