Question:
I want to develop some in-house software(s) at my work, to save everyone
time and energy spent on the wrong repetitive tasks. To do so I have start
learning a programming language, and the options seem endless.
Java, C, C++, VB, C#, Delphi, etc... I'm receiving opinions left and right
all better than an other.
So far, I think I will go somewhere in the .NET environment, but from which
angle ? VB, C# or C++
Since this is a C# website, I would like to know the plus of learning
C# and why would it be better the two others ?
Answer:
First of all, understand that programming well is not something you just
pick up. It usually takes people years to become good programmers. I'm not
trying to discourage you, necessarily, but don't be disillusioned, you can't
just sit down with a book, learn some keywords and commands, and suddenly
throw together real-world applications (unless you're just one of those
people who it comes to completely naturally, in which case, consider
yourself very lucky).
Also, asking people what programming language to use can start
religious-like battles over the merits of each language.
If you've decided to go with .NET as a platform, then C# is the natural
choice simply because C# was designed with .NET in mind. VB.NET and managed
C++ have both been modified to be .NET capable.
Basically, it works something like this:
You can do the least (arguably, let's please not start a war here) in VB
(in terms of total functionality), then more with C#, and more with C++. The
more with C++ comes into play in the unmanaged world (outside of the .NET
framework). C++ suffers some disadvantages in .NET, though. Because of the
changes required to C++ to make it .NET capable, many things that are very
natural in C# require some "acrobatics" in C++ to accomplish. C++ is also a
more difficult language and frankly, more tedious to accomplish the same
things.
VB.NET is probably the easiest language, but there's not a big difference
between VB.NET and C# in terms of difficulty, so as I said, C# is really the
natural choice.
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