Should I Learn Visual Basic or C#?

Should I learn Visual Basic or C#?

They are pretty similar in terms of features.

Which one should I learn?

It's not a bad idea to learn both. There are plenty of VB.NET systems on Microsoft servers still around that need occasional support.

I've heard that Visual Basic is driven by Microsoft.

Or Microsoft is built on VB. And there will be demand for Visual Basic programmers as long as Microsoft is one of the big tech giants.

Which one is easier to learn?

C# is easier if you already have experience in object oriented programming, and C# is similar to Javascript. If you already know C or C++, C# is easy.

I haven't had a programming class yet, so I can't say what my grade would be.

Learn C#, since it has a much larger job market. And if you learn C#, there are converters that can turn it into VB.

Which one has more demand?

A lot of the new functionality is being developed in C#. They have converters or programmers who rewrite it in VB once there is enough demand to port it to Microsoft.

How hard is Basic?

If you somehow managed to learn Basic on a Vic20 computer or Visual Basic in college, VB and VB.NET are easier because you already know the basics. Basic and Visual Basic in and of themselves are moderately hard, but nowhere near as hard as Haskell or Lisp.

Here's the million dollar question: which job pays more?

You'd be lucky to make 80K out of college. C# sometimes pays less because there are more people trained in it, but VB is a niche that can be hard to get out of.

You're right. Learning both gives me lots of flexibility and the skills to convert everyone's apps if they want to escape Microsoft's influence.

Half of that is just moving to other platforms so they don't have to rely on American servers and programs after the Snowden and NSA scandals.

[deathangel]

Lol, escape Microsoft Influence why learn Microsoft Programing languages then? Learn Java, JavaScript, Html5, Css5, then you never have to be infected by Microsoft in the first place if that's a concern.

[ElTexMexAlex]

Do not ignore Visual Basic, a lot of jobs still use Visual Basic. Take my advice, you will regret it if you dont study it.

[Betelgeuse]

I think VB is easier to learn and does almost everything that C# and then some, but Microsoft for some reason is pushing C# hard, also its easier to do stuff for Office, which almost everybody uses

[JaredConnell]

the video says Microsoft is built on vb and as long as Microsoft is one of the big companies there will be work for vb. this comment gives the impression that all ms software, including Windows, are written in visual basic. also the video makes it seem like vb and c# are from competIng companies but in reality one of the biggest if not the biggest supporter of c# is Microsoft! this video is very uninformed. If you cannot even get real people to do the voice over it must be bad lol.

[rahimungonyani]

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[mdashrafulislam]

The idea of C# came from Visual Basic 6.0. so why C# will better. VB .NET is better

[hamoodrex]

lol i made a hack in vb, ftp password sniffing, not that complicated, just make random strings with random counts and then the job is to print out the working credentials, what a simple one that was.
it seems easy in vb im making a five night's at freddy's game there, it doesn't seem complicated, eventhough I dont have the knowledge of C# so I am willing to try it actually,

[justcallmesteve]

So yall just flexing at us Visual Basic users at this point.

[GridironMasters]

I have to watch these horrid videos for school...

[JaredConnell]

the video says Microsoft is built on vb and as long as Microsoft is one of the big companies there will be work for vb. this comment gives the impression that all ms software, including Windows, are written in visual basic. also the video makes it seem like vb and c# are from competIng companies but in reality one of the biggest if not the biggest supporter of c# is Microsoft! this video is very uninformed. If you cannot even get real people to do the voice over it must be bad lol.