Re: Newbie Hello World question: Show in textbox on button click
- From: Javaman59 <Javaman59@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 18:40:04 -0700
Thanks for the reply, JS
> I agree with you on C# and I am planning to learn primarily C#. However,
> since I had downloaded all the Express Editions of VS 2005 I thought I'd try
> creating a simple Windows Forms application in all three languages - VB, C#
> and C++. That was the reason for the C++ question. :)
>
Good work! Nothing wrong with knowing a bit about several languages.
> I found C# to be only slightly tougher than VB while C++ did take more time
> than the other two.
>
Interesting :)
> Most of the ASP.Net folks I know use C# and I'll probably use it for Windows
> Forms apps. also. However, is it not true that most large companies that
> develop Windows applications are still developing primarily in C++? Just
> curious.
>
It may well be true that products are still developed in C++ (or even C).
However, AFAIK from watching the industry around me, new applications are
being developed in C#, VB.Net, ASP.NET (and also Java/PHP/Oracle, in the Unix
world), and the all the momentum is in that direction. Let's say you could
become a C++ programmer in a month - then I'd recommend you do that, just to
add some flexibility, but you can't - it takes years, and then you will be
competing in a field where there are already numerous people with more years
of C++ than you. Your best bet, as a newbie, or an oldbie, is to go down the
C#/.Net path... (and if you have time to learn two languages, do VB.Net and
C#)
Good luck with it all!
Javaman
> Thanks,
> J.S.
>
> --
>
> "Javaman59" <Javaman59@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:03122B9A-947F-4376-9EAA-46E2E2725C43@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hi JS,
> >
> > I'm glad that you got the right answer to your problem, and I'm sure that
> > no-one minds that you posted in the wrong forum, but something is puzzling
> > me. Why are you teaching yourself C++ anyway? If you are just being very
> > pragmatic, and having done some market research, you've decided that there
> > are jobs in C++, then OK - that's always a good reason :), but if it's
> > because you want to learn programming in general, or write your own
> > applications, then you should be going for C#. It's just as powerful as
> > C++,
> > and much easier to use, especially for a beginner. It will also get you
> > into
> > the .Net framework faster, as you won't be so botherd with pesky language
> > problems. There are very few reasons for a beginner to be getting into C++
> > these days, apart from getting a job maintaining legacy code.
> >
> > Spoken as someone who has done his share of c++, and is retraining in C#
> >
> > - Javaman
>
>
>
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