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c vs vb.net

ShawnaShawna Posts: 508
edited 2013-01-07 10:01 in Propeller 1
which is easier to learn c or vb.net. I have very little experience with vb 6. vb.net looks way different.
Thanks
Shawn
p.s. this was a duplicate post and I could not figure out how to delete it on my kindle so I changed it.

Comments

  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2013-01-06 21:56
    Clever use of a duplicated post!!:thumb:

    At this point, I'd say you'd benefit more from learning C than VB or anything .net. Of course, this all depends on what you want to do.

    C is portable across systems and with C available on the Propeller it opens up more avenues than VB.

    Another alternative for programmign on the PC is Python. Easy to learn and can be very powerful as you get deeper into it.

    I'm sure others will chime in with their opinions and folks will probably want to know more of what your expectations and needs are as far as programming.
  • RaymanRayman Posts: 14,666
    edited 2013-01-07 05:12
    If this is about propeller programming, then I'd say C because you can't really program the prop easily in VB...

    If it's about computer programming, then it depends on how deep into programming you want to go...
    If you just want to get up to your ankles and get something done fast, then VB is very nice.
    But, if you want to dive all the way in, then C (C++ really) is best.
  • Mike GMike G Posts: 2,702
    edited 2013-01-07 05:47
    You should learn C and .NET.
  • ShawnaShawna Posts: 508
    edited 2013-01-07 09:08
    So, out of the two c and c++ I take it that c++ is more powerful. I am getting the feeling that c and visual c are not the same thing, am I correct? Visual studios express is free and that is the main reason I chose VB.net or Visual C.net, that and I have limited experience with VB6. I was looking at VB.net last night and it looks like a cluster to me.
    So if c and visual C.net are not the same thing, are there any free C software for making PC programs. My interest is making my own GUI for debugging purposes, and probably eventually configuring purposes. I have always been fearful of jumping into C for some reason, I am not sure why, I dove into spin and PASM, and Pic Basic Pro for microchip. C I think would be beneficial for me to learn since micro controllers can be programmed with it.
    Did you guys like how I decided that while I writing this reply? Thanks for your guys input.
    That leads me back to the question of what would be a good C program to use for PC programs? And how does that tie into Props, is the syntax the same, because I can't imagine that the compilers would be the same since the Props would have there own instruction set.
    I do kind of ramble a lot but it helps me mesh all my thoughts together, especially when you guys comment back.
    Thanks
    Shawn
  • RaymanRayman Posts: 14,666
    edited 2013-01-07 10:01
    If you are working on a Windows PC, then Visual Studio is the best choice, in my opinion. Especially if a GUI is what you want.
    I started with Visual Basic (back in the dark days of DOS), and still think that's much easier than C++.

    There is also VBA (visual basic for applications) that lets you write code inside Office applications like Excel, Word, Powerpoint, etc.
    That can also be very powerful for making simple, fast apps.

    But, once you get good at C++, you'll probably never go back to Visual Basic...
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