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I am a beginner at programming and I have learnt VB.Net and SmallBasic so far and I don't know what I should do after that. I am at a standstill here. I don't know what language to learn because I want to get into game programming, web development (making websites and web applications) and developing useful mobile apps. SOMEBODY HELP!!!!!!! I want to learn a language that while learning it, it won't bore me out of my mind and I can use to develop awesome programs that I can showoff to people.
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What should I do?
Posted 20 December 2010 - 12:55 PM
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Posted 20 December 2010 - 01:03 PM
I'd suggest C#. You've already got exposure to the .NET framework through your work with VB.NET, so C# will be a familiar language. C# also has the benefit of the XNA framework for the game programming that you mentioned, and I've known a lot of people that prefer to develop web applications in C# to any other language.
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Posted 20 December 2010 - 01:03 PM
that schedule sounds more like 3 languages you need to learn. that definitely won’t get boring …
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Posted 20 December 2010 - 01:26 PM
Kilorn, on 20 December 2010 - 12:03 PM, said:
I'd suggest C#. You've already got exposure to the .NET framework through your work with VB.NET, so C# will be a familiar language. C# also has the benefit of the XNA framework for the game programming that you mentioned, and I've known a lot of people that prefer to develop web applications in C# to any other language.
I was thinking of learning C# but I wasn't sure it was for beginners.
Dormilich, on 20 December 2010 - 12:03 PM, said:
that schedule sounds more like 3 languages you need to learn. that definitely won’t get boring …
no it won't
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Posted 20 December 2010 - 01:35 PM
Kilorn, on 20 December 2010 - 08:28 PM, said:
C# is one of the higher level languages making it much easier to learn compared to a lower level language such as C++.
despite that you can compile C++ code on any OS …
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Posted 20 December 2010 - 01:40 PM
That is true. C# is Windows only. So if you plan on developing cross-platform, you'll definitely want to choose a different language. Good point that I missed mentioning, Dormilich.
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Posted 20 December 2010 - 02:33 PM
Kilorn, on 20 December 2010 - 12:40 PM, said:
That is true. C# is Windows only. So if you plan on developing cross-platform, you'll definitely want to choose a different language. Good point that I missed mentioning, Dormilich.
I actually want to stick with windows for now and move into cross-platform development later.
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Re: What should I do?
Posted 20 December 2010 - 02:35 PM
Kilorn, on 20 December 2010 - 04:40 PM, said:
That is true. C# is Windows only. So if you plan on developing cross-platform, you'll definitely want to choose a different language. Good point that I missed mentioning, Dormilich.
To clarify, C# can be written for multiple platforms including Windows and Linux. The Frameworks though, aren't cross-platform. The .NET platform is for Windows only, and Mono is not yet a sufficient substitute for .NET.
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Posted 20 December 2010 - 02:37 PM
Also, you might also want to check out this thread.
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Posted 20 December 2010 - 02:39 PM
15yearoldCoder, on 20 December 2010 - 09:33 PM, said:
I actually want to stick with windows for now and move into cross-platform development later.
if you want to go cross-platform then do it from the beginning, otherwise you would have to learn another new language.
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Posted 20 December 2010 - 02:49 PM
Looks like I'm learning C#.............for now. 
if you want to go cross-platform then do it from the beginning, otherwise you would have to learn another new language.
Thanks I will keep that in mind.
macosxnerd101, on 20 December 2010 - 01:37 PM, said:
Also, you might also want to check out this thread.
Dormilich, on 20 December 2010 - 01:39 PM, said:
15yearoldCoder, on 20 December 2010 - 09:33 PM, said:
I actually want to stick with windows for now and move into cross-platform development later.
if you want to go cross-platform then do it from the beginning, otherwise you would have to learn another new language.
Thanks I will keep that in mind.
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Re: What should I do?
Posted 20 December 2010 - 02:55 PM
Web Application -> ASP.Net Webforms / MVC -> C#
Mobile Application -> Windows Phone 7 uses Silverlight / XAML -> C#
Desktop -> Windows Forms / WPF -> C#
You can learn C# and branch out very easily.
Mobile Application -> Windows Phone 7 uses Silverlight / XAML -> C#
Desktop -> Windows Forms / WPF -> C#
You can learn C# and branch out very easily.
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Posted 20 December 2010 - 02:57 PM
Sergio Tapia, on 20 December 2010 - 01:55 PM, said:
Web Application -> ASP.Net Webforms / MVC -> C#
Mobile Application -> Windows Phone 7 uses Silverlight / XAML -> C#
Desktop -> Windows Forms / WPF -> C#
You can learn C# and branch out very easily.
Mobile Application -> Windows Phone 7 uses Silverlight / XAML -> C#
Desktop -> Windows Forms / WPF -> C#
You can learn C# and branch out very easily.
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