Re: What programming language

From: W.G. Ryan eMVP (WilliamRyan_at_NoSpam.gmail.com)
Date: 10/13/04 

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 22:25:14 -0400

Focus on Learning the framework - that's the real challenge in .NET. I flip
back and forth between VB.NET and C# all the time, the power of the IDE is
enough to get you through that, but understanding memory management,
security, Boxing etc, that's the real challenge. Once you learn the
framework you can learn either, both or any other .NET language very
quickly. 

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"Jared" <dev-jared@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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> This is going to seem like a generic question that has been posed 1001
> times and is probably very subjective, but I need some real world
> answers, rather than textbook answers.
>
> Let me give my background in 2-3 sentences:
> 1. I am a developer who has been programming for about 3 years and
> have done the following:
> - Java (1 year experience)
> - Visual Basic 6 (Done quite a few in house utility and add on
> programs)
> - 4th Dimension (1 1/2 years worth of work doing client server
> programming)
> - ASP (not ASP.NET) using vbscript and MYSQL
> I currently work for a company doing advanced 4D programming and am
> quite good at it.
> 2. I own Visual Studio 6.0 PRO, Visual Studio .NET 2003 Ent. and
> JBuilder 6
> I have done my homework on the "advantages" to all approaches, but I
> want the real world answer....AND HERE IS MY QUESTION:
>
> What technology would be a good fit with my background and experience
> that would enable me to make a go at trying to go on my own? I need
> something that is going to be RAD, but still be efficient and
> professional looking (not Java), while not cositng me a bunch of money
> to get started. I would also like to note that the only .NET apps that
> I've seen seemed slow and bloated like a Java app compared to a
> compiled VB 6 or VC++ app.
>
> Thanks in advance for your responses.
>
> Jared

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