Programming Proffesionally

[Paul M]

I was just wondering if anyone knew what languages were predominantly used at a proffesional programming level? I assume .NET of course

[techgnome]

In our shop: SQL, VB6, .NET (VB and some C#) we've also got some ASP (classic and .NET) stuff going on too.

-tg

[Paul M]

Cool, so not many people use C++ anymore? And what kind of software do you make at your business?

[sevenhalo]

C++ has its nitch.

Typically, in most common industries; it's always Java or .Net. Those same industries also have legacy apps they need to support - so they have COBOL and VB6 developers as well.

[Paul M]

Thanks Well next year the course i will be doing consists of Java, .NET, C#, VB and a little bit of either C++ possibly.

[penagate]

C++ is a staple of the industry; it's not going to go away any time soon.

Really, it just depends on the exact line of work. There's always a lot of variety. The more languages you are familiar with, and the more adaptable you are to learning new languages, the more employable you will be.

[mendhak]

Even Lotus Script and COBOL are used professionally.

[Paul M]

Yea i know one programmer who uses COBOL for his business but i was just more concerned about which is mostly used out of Java, Visual Basic or C++ (.NET) Thanks

[mendhak]

Java is behind, what, 60% of web based technologies? I wouldn't be sure about the percentage figure, but I'm sure Java is more popular than Microsoft technologies.

[Paul M]

I was doing some job searching the other month just to pass some time and there were quite a few Java and C++ jobs. Didn't see to many VB related jobs.

[Hack]

In our shop: SQL, VB6, .NET

Same thing in my shop.

[Shaggy Hiker]

If you ever want to get into games, C/C++ is the way to go. If you ever want to do embedded programming, C is almost certainly the way to go. In fact, if you know those languages, you can move to most any other language without much difficulty, as they will immerse you in the why of languages, which can be lost in such things as VB.