What language to choose from

**masterlp** · 04-20-2005, 03:22 AM

Hi all

What language should I choose from? For a beginner programmer Visual Basic or Visual C++?...... what's does this .NET stuff mean what does it do, what’s the difference between .NET and Visual Basic & Visual C++ 6.0 Professional Edition

Thanks
masterlp

**guino** · 04-20-2005, 05:06 AM

I don't want you to take my word for it but my personal opinion is very simple: I hear .NET and I start running away (too much software requirements slow to compile/run incredibly wastefull memorywise).. VB6 sucks but it's easy and fast to do stuff in (and sure requires a lot less than .NET).. VC++ is too messy for my taste (but then I have very radical opinions). Delphi is nice, in fact anything Borland Based is very nice.. for C++ I like Borland Builder (not even sure they still sell that).. In my personal experience of choosing programming languages I tend to lean on VB (for fast-easy development) or Pure Assemply 32Bit Protected Mode using RadASM or just the Turbo Assembler compiler (for performance critical applications) .. sometimes I integrate VB with ASM, but honestly, I just like to keep things simple..

Now, you should most definitely wait for the opinion of someone less "radical" before making your mind...

**masterlp** · 04-20-2005, 05:16 AM

Thanks for that (guino) your personal opinion is most appreciated. does any one else have any other opinions?

**BenjaminS** · 04-20-2005, 12:10 PM

Java is always a usefull language.

**JC-S60** · 04-20-2005, 12:19 PM

Maybe tell use what you're going to develop...?

That would be one of the main deciding aspects, as well as what hardware/os you want it to run on.

**SFiorito** · 04-20-2005, 12:21 PM

if you've never programmed before or only have very little experience I would suggest C#, VB.NET, or Java.

**0l33l** · 04-20-2005, 08:27 PM

Originally Posted by guino

Delphi is nice, in fact anything Borland Based is very nice..

**xBrady** · 04-20-2005, 08:50 PM

Originally Posted by 0l33l

Looks like we get to start this battle again

**masterlp** · 04-20-2005, 09:50 PM

JC-S60 i just want to programe in general as well as make my own front end one day and hardware to work with the software..

to keep it simple so it does not go into a 20 page thread i just wanted to know whats a good language to start with Visual Basic or Visual C++?

**SFiorito** · 04-20-2005, 10:28 PM

if it's between those two, then VB. but it may be better to go with VB.NET in the long run since you'll be able to do a lot more with it and the development tools are a lot better than the VB6 IDE.

http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/expres...c/default.aspx