VB vs. C#

I am interested in persuing the MCSD certification - I am new to .NET but
have been a developer for quite some time (proprietary object oriented
programing as of late) Some VBA. I have had no problems studying on my own
for these exams, but am wondering which track would be best to take (if there
is a "best" track). As far as future marketability goes (I am from the
financial industry if that matters), would it be more prudent to take the C#
or VB track (or does it really make a difference?) Any experience/help would
be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.
Regards,
Diane

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Hi,

This is likely to start a flame war.
But for what it's worth I use to program mainly in VB6 and then in VB.NET.
However after a while I found that I just liked the C# syntax better and
switched
to using that and since I switched I hate going back to VB (any version).

Oh and I am also studying for an MCSD.NET. I am doing my exams in C#
And so far I've passed the Win Apps in C# one - 70-316. Now I've started
studying for the Web apps in C# one - 70-315.

Bye,
Peter
"Diane" <> wrote in message
news:A60CD33F-4C78-480F-8873-...
>I am interested in persuing the MCSD certification - I am new to .NET but
> have been a developer for quite some time (proprietary object oriented
> programing as of late) Some VBA. I have had no problems studying on my
> own
> for these exams, but am wondering which track would be best to take (if
> there
> is a "best" track). As far as future marketability goes (I am from the
> financial industry if that matters), would it be more prudent to take the
> C#
> or VB track (or does it really make a difference?) Any experience/help
> would
> be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you.
> Regards,
> Diane

Peter Row

Thank you for the information. If I am going to put in the effort to do
this, I want to make a good decision as to the path I take. I appreciate all
input!!

Regards (and Good luck),
Diane

"Peter Row" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This is likely to start a flame war.
> But for what it's worth I use to program mainly in VB6 and then in VB.NET.
> However after a while I found that I just liked the C# syntax better and
> switched
> to using that and since I switched I hate going back to VB (any version).
>
> Oh and I am also studying for an MCSD.NET. I am doing my exams in C#
> And so far I've passed the Win Apps in C# one - 70-316. Now I've started
> studying for the Web apps in C# one - 70-315.
>
> Bye,
> Peter
> "Diane" <> wrote in message
> news:A60CD33F-4C78-480F-8873-...
> >I am interested in persuing the MCSD certification - I am new to .NET but
> > have been a developer for quite some time (proprietary object oriented
> > programing as of late) Some VBA. I have had no problems studying on my
> > own
> > for these exams, but am wondering which track would be best to take (if
> > there
> > is a "best" track). As far as future marketability goes (I am from the
> > financial industry if that matters), would it be more prudent to take the
> > C#
> > or VB track (or does it really make a difference?) Any experience/help
> > would
> > be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you.
> > Regards,
> > Diane
>
>
>

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Outside of oil and gas engineering firms and GIS type firms etc.

C# is overwelemingly the primary syntax to use which is something to
consider when looking for a job and the interviewer asks about C# skills.

I personally like VB.NET better but the differences are not radical enough
in my mind to really have a strong view on it from a personal desire
standpoint.



"Diane" wrote:

> Thank you for the information. If I am going to put in the effort to do
> this, I want to make a good decision as to the path I take. I appreciate all
> input!!
>
> Regards (and Good luck),
> Diane
>
> "Peter Row" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > This is likely to start a flame war.
> > But for what it's worth I use to program mainly in VB6 and then in VB.NET.
> > However after a while I found that I just liked the C# syntax better and
> > switched
> > to using that and since I switched I hate going back to VB (any version).
> >
> > Oh and I am also studying for an MCSD.NET. I am doing my exams in C#
> > And so far I've passed the Win Apps in C# one - 70-316. Now I've started
> > studying for the Web apps in C# one - 70-315.
> >
> > Bye,
> > Peter
> > "Diane" <> wrote in message
> > news:A60CD33F-4C78-480F-8873-...
> > >I am interested in persuing the MCSD certification - I am new to .NET but
> > > have been a developer for quite some time (proprietary object oriented
> > > programing as of late) Some VBA. I have had no problems studying on my
> > > own
> > > for these exams, but am wondering which track would be best to take (if
> > > there
> > > is a "best" track). As far as future marketability goes (I am from the
> > > financial industry if that matters), would it be more prudent to take the
> > > C#
> > > or VB track (or does it really make a difference?) Any experience/help
> > > would
> > > be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > > Regards,
> > > Diane
> >
> >
> >

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If you look at the MSDN latest, M$ seems lean back to VB.
It looks like C# with follow the J++ faith :'(
Egghead
"Diane" <> wrote in message
news:A60CD33F-4C78-480F-8873-...
> I am interested in persuing the MCSD certification - I am new to .NET but
> have been a developer for quite some time (proprietary object oriented
> programing as of late) Some VBA. I have had no problems studying on my
own
> for these exams, but am wondering which track would be best to take (if
there
> is a "best" track). As far as future marketability goes (I am from the
> financial industry if that matters), would it be more prudent to take the
C#
> or VB track (or does it really make a difference?) Any experience/help
would
> be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you.
> Regards,
> Diane

Egghead

> If you look at the MSDN latest, M$ seems lean back to VB.
> It looks like C# with follow the J++ faith :'(
> Egghead

I think Microsoft's perfect scenario would be 50% of people using VB and 50%
of people using C#. Since C# is primarily the .NET language of choice
(seems like it is overwhelmingly to me) I think that Microsoft has been
pushing VB more as of late, especially in the 2005 release. I don't think
it means that they are going to get rid of C# (They couldn't, there's
already A LOT of code out there) they just want to try and catch VB up to
C#.

As far as job searching goes... it seems like you will get a lot farther
with C# than with VB.

Lydon D. Bergin
MCP, MOS

Lydon Bergin

Thanks for the input!!!

"Lydon Bergin" wrote:

> > If you look at the MSDN latest, M$ seems lean back to VB.
> > It looks like C# with follow the J++ faith :'(
> > Egghead
>
> I think Microsoft's perfect scenario would be 50% of people using VB and 50%
> of people using C#. Since C# is primarily the .NET language of choice
> (seems like it is overwhelmingly to me) I think that Microsoft has been
> pushing VB more as of late, especially in the 2005 release. I don't think
> it means that they are going to get rid of C# (They couldn't, there's
> already A LOT of code out there) they just want to try and catch VB up to
> C#.
>
> As far as job searching goes... it seems like you will get a lot farther
> with C# than with VB.
>
> Lydon D. Bergin
> MCP, MOS
>
>
>

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On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 16:43:20 -0700, "Egghead"
<> wrote:

>If you look at the MSDN latest, M$ seems lean back to VB.
>It looks like C# with follow the J++ faith :'(
>Egghead

I remember reading a blog from an MSDN person late last year. It said
that a Microsoft survey found that if an article has examples in C#
only, then not many VB.NET programmers would look at it. On the other
hand, if the article has examples in VB.NET only, then a larger
percentage of C# programmers would still read it. That's why they
decided to favor VB.NET examples. I guess they are just catering to
the lowest denominator.

kc