Re: Newbie scratching his head

BPB wrote:
> I've been a designer for years, never getting into development since I would
> just hire others to do the heavy lifting. For various reasons I have decided
> to do development myself. However, I would like to learn one language first
> then move on to others. What would you recommend I start out with? Visual
> Basic looks like it's easiest to learn, but I've read that C# is much more
> powerful. I haven't really found any articles to explain the differences
> between the 2 languages. Does anyone have any information?
> Thanks

As always - this subject is sensetive...
This is something that is determined mostly by personal preference.

I prefer C# over VB - probably mostly because I used VB back in the days
before VB.NET and found it to lack alot. Other than that I just don't
like the VB syntax...
How VB.NET is I cannot tell you - only that I really like C#.

If you're used to Java or C++ the syntax for C# is easier for you to
adopt. I switched from Delphi to C# a couple of years ago (when
Borland/Inprise released the first .NET version of Delphi) and was
delighted.

// Fredrik
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