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I'm the one called Benjamin Michaeli, you can say that I'm a bit new to the world of dot net but not to the world of programing, hell I even used VB6

The world of dot net is big and some times can be a bit scary so I hope you all can give an helping hand here and there.

I think that with the dot net3 of MS they made a big move (WCF mostly) and I hope to use to the extram (and hope that it will land a nice job).

out for now:-O

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Originally Posted by Infinite Recursion (Post 143905)

welcome to the club

Thanks mate

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Originally Posted by beni_dude (Post 143902)

hell I even used VB6

So did we all. We all regret it. ;)

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Originally Posted by Ooble (Post 143908)

So did we all. We all regret it. ;)

LOL:icon_mrgreen:

Welcome to the forums. :)

Do you have a preference as to what .NET language you use? I'm partial to C#, myself, and suggest giving it a shot rather than sticking with VB.NET.

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Originally Posted by lectricpharaoh (Post 143955)

Welcome to the forums. :)

Do you have a preference as to what .NET language you use? I'm partial to C#, myself, and suggest giving it a shot rather than sticking with VB.NET.

I'm using C#, when I see code in VB its seems like some kind of foreign language ;)

Now I know (so I was told) that C# is much bettter then VB but I'm not sure why, maybe becasue of the way it use O.O programing.

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Originally Posted by beni_dude (Post 143991)

Naw, both VB.NET and C# compile down to the same bytecode. Don't let someone tell you that one generates better code than the other. Any program that you can write in C# you could also write in VB.NET, or any other fully-supported .NET language. However, C# is the 'flagship language' of the .NET Framework, and as such, you're likely to find more code examples and such.

Also, VB.NET sometimes has a poor reputation because you have a bunch of legacy VB programmers migrating to it and writing bad .NET code. Remember, VB was originally designed for novice/amateur programmers, and had a lot of features to make things easy, so some of these people didn't develop the same good programming habits that a C or C++ programmer might have. This isn't to say there are no good VB programmers or bad C/C++ programmers. It's just a stereotype that's out there, and stereotypes usually color peoples' perceptions, whether they want to admit it or not.

All that said, the reason I prefer C# is because I find VB.NET syntax to be awkward and ugly. Of course, this is just a personal preference, not something that reflects the capabilities of one language over another.

Thanks for the eyes opening answer :icon_lol: