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    Ideas And Thoughts Fopr next Project.

    Ok,

    Ever since i began with Vb (A few years ago) i've allways wanted to design a multiplayer 'world', a chat and interaction kind of program.

    Now with 'vb fading out' I got myself a copy of C# and have began learning with it. I'm doing ok.

    Now my question is do I continue to learn C# and maybe look at this project another time, or do i put c# to the side and design this app in VB (Which could take me several months depending on success/time) i'm just after general thoughts and comments, has anyone done anything similar? etc

    If anyone has any thoughts or ideas about this let me know

    Pino

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    Re: Ideas And Thoughts Fopr next Project.

    Regardless of the status of VB, learning a second or third programming language is always good, so I'd go the C# route.

    I also have a copy of C#, but no work projects. I have a ton and a half of VB applications that I need to maintain and continually enhance (my company doesn't want to spend the time to completely rewrite any of its existing applications in another language, and our customers couldn't care less what it is written in as long as it works.)

    However, I have two personal programs that I wrote for myself. A Code Library and a Web Address Book application, so I'm going to teach myself a little C# by rewritting both of these.

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    Re: Ideas And Thoughts Fopr next Project.

    I do not see any indication of VB fading out. I do see lots of VB6 people getting discouraged by the effort needed to move to .Net and indeed some of them are never going to make it because VB6 sometimes allowed them to code without too much effort and without always knowing exactly what happens and how.

    I'd have to agree with hack - getting to know C# and any other language cannot be a bad idea and you can really learn it by coding a project with it. That said, I think that you should continue to develop using the language that you feel more comfortable with unless that degrades your market value.

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    Re: Ideas And Thoughts Fopr next Project.

    Since this sounds like a personal project, why not write it in C# this way you get the best of both?
    Unless you have already written more the 50% of it in VB.

    Ps, this will not be your last program language that you will want/need to learn either.
    The more languages you know, the more marketable and more $$$ you can make
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    Re: Ideas And Thoughts Fopr next Project.

    Quote Originally Posted by RobDog888
    Since this sounds like a personal project, why not write it in C# this way you get the best of both?
    Unless you have already written more the 50% of it in VB.

    Ps, this will not be your last program language that you will want/need to learn either.
    The more languages you know, the more marketable and more $$$ you can make
    Yea your right, althoug it will take me a while to get to the right standard but you guys are right i should learn the next language and get it 'under my belt'

    Thanks any more input is welcome

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