C#

[Pino]

Loats and lots of people keep telling me to get into c# i've been coding vb for 2 and a half years and love the gui interface,

is c# a 'gui interface' what other kind of languages should i learn, i will be persuing software and application development but i obviously need to get a few languages under my belt

any advice will be appriciated!

[Pino]

anyone got nay info with regards to c#?

[hellswraith]

C# is much like VB.NET. You get the form designer just like you do in VB. The syntax of the coding is the same, but it shares the same framework as VB.NET, so you are really only learning a syntax if you know VB.NET. If you only know VB6, then you will have a learning curve with either VB.NET or C#. I recommend people learn C# over VB.NET most of the time, but it is only because the C# syntax is a syntax that Java also uses. This helps the learning curve a bit when/if you switch over. VB.NET syntax doesn't offer this. Other than that, and just a few features that are available in one or the other, they are not different because they share the same framework.

[Pino]

where can i get a copy?

[Jmacp]

C# is pretty much an attempt at creating a middle ground between VB and C++ in other words its VB+ or C+.

(VB + C++) / 2 = C#

You get the ease of the GUI RAD environment/IDE with more power behind the code.

[Pino]

Originally posted by Pino
where can i get a copy?

[Jmacp]

I think you can d/l the complier from M$ but if you want an IDE you'll need to buy VS.NET or google for a 3rd party IDE.

[dj4uk]

#Develop is good and free - http://www.icsharpcode.com/.

DJ

[Edneeis]

Originally posted by Jmacp
C# is pretty much an attempt at creating a middle ground between VB and C++ in other words its VB+ or C+.

(VB + C++) / 2 = C#

You get the ease of the GUI RAD environment/IDE with more power behind the code.

Actually C# targets all the Java developers.