Any C# programmers here?

Rikmeister · 24 Sep 2020 at 01:09

Would love to hear what you think of C#

I used to programme in VB6/VB.NET a while back. I decided to have a look at c# recently. It's early days but so far it's been okay. I think familiarity with Visual Studio helps; even though it's evolved significantly since I used it last, not having to learn to use an IDE while also learning a new language simplifies the task a lot.

john_s · 24 Sep 2020 at 20:34

I work with C# daily. My previous job was mostly VB.Net.

I much prefer C# compared to VB.Net. That said, once you look beyond the differences in the base language syntax, the .Net stuff is very similar across the two.

Rikmeister · 25 Sep 2020 at 01:18

Hi John_s. Can I ask why you prefer C# to VB.net?

O.D. · 26 Sep 2020 at 11:40

I use C# "daily" (Head of Dev / Dev TL / 'Architect') at my current place. My last place we refactored everything into C# from VB/Net for purely support reasons - Most people entering the market now are using C# and it's a more widely used language when working within the Microsoft stack (Anything M/O/D 365. VB is fine, it'll be fine for a little while but the market is asking for more C# developers. I 'grew up' with C# so I'm just.. Familiar with how it works. The whole "dim" thing annoys me. Other than that? *Shrug* - If you can do both, great. If you want to have a better time being hired: C#.

Slinky69 · 26 Sep 2020 at 14:40

I prefer C# by far as it feels much more familiar coming from C++.

Hoping to get into .Net Core development soon.

Cromulent · 28 Sep 2020 at 15:08

Slinky69 said:
Hoping to get into .Net Core development soon.

.NET 5 will be the release that merges Windows .NET and .NET Core into one product. Personally I'm waiting for that to come out. Having said that it might be years away knowing Microsoft.

montymint · 28 Sep 2020 at 15:14

Cromulent said:
.NET 5 will be the release that merges Windows .NET and .NET Core into one product. Personally I'm waiting for that to come out. Having said that it might be years away knowing Microsoft.

.NET 5 is a rc now so hopefully it won't be too much longer

Cromulent · 28 Sep 2020 at 20:00

montymint said:
.NET 5 is a rc now so hopefully it won't be too much longer

Oh. I didn't realise that. That'll be exciting when it does come out then.

Randomface74 · 28 Sep 2020 at 20:13

Used C# for a bunch of years, now it's second nature and I wouldn't want to use anything else. It's just a good jack of all trades language, easy to write, easy to read, most things are just a google away.

john_s · 28 Sep 2020 at 21:34

Rikmeister said:
Hi John_s. Can I ask why you prefer C# to VB.net?

It’s hard to say anything particularly tangible really... C# just feels “cleaner” to work with, whereas VB’s syntax feels “clunky” and less intuitive.

It will probably all compile down to the same IL, so there’s probably sod all difference in performance.

Rikmeister · 28 Sep 2020 at 22:54

john_s said:
It’s hard to say anything particularly tangible really... C# just feels “cleaner” to work with, whereas VB’s syntax feels “clunky” and less intuitive.
It will probably all compile down to the same IL, so there’s probably sod all difference in performance.

Interesting. I like VB so if C# is better in these respects then maybe learning C# will be smoother and potentially more productive.

It's far too early in my c# learing curve to express anything more than an early impression, but so far it feels more comforable than previous experiences learning a new language. On reflection this might be because I'm using Visual Studio and because c# is part of the Microsoft development ecosystem rather than anything to do with the language itself.

GravyMonster · 29 Sep 2020 at 09:48

If you're planning to get a job as a .Net developer then C# is more likely to be a better path as there's far more jobs available for it.

chroniclard · 29 Sep 2020 at 09:54

Was never sure why they continued to keep VB alive.

Randomface74 · 29 Sep 2020 at 09:56

Slinky69 · 29 Sep 2020 at 14:05

There must be some massive VB pressure group behind the scenes

FredFlint · 29 Sep 2020 at 15:36

Use c#/vb.net for work, was using Delphi for work stuff first but then work decided to change to vb.net(asked them to use c# but they said no) so re-coded everything to that, they now want it all in c# so had to change again. I prefer c# as I used to code in c/c++ so I find it easier.

Slinky69 · 29 Sep 2020 at 20:23

We used to use VB 6 for the UI, I am so glad to see the back of it.

Binary Compatibility was the bane of my life

Rikmeister · 30 Sep 2020 at 01:14

GravyMonster said:
If you're planning to get a job as a .Net developer then C# is more likely to be a better path as there's far more jobs available for it.

Not looking for a developer job but I still get developer opportunites turning up in my Inbox and have can't remember the last time VB was work was amoung them.

Cromulent · 3 Oct 2020 at 08:54

montymint said:
.NET 5 is a rc now so hopefully it won't be too much longer

Been doing quite a bit of reading about this since you told me it was in RC stage and apparently it is due to be released on the 10th of November 2020. I'm going to hold off installing anything until that point. I have enough on my plate as it is anyway so waiting for a month or so won't be hard.

Slinky69 · 3 Oct 2020 at 09:38

Thanks, will do some reading myself

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