Should I Learn Visual Basic or Java First?

Should I learn Visual Basic or Java First?

I've heard that Visual Basic is easier to learn if you work with Cobol.

That's a planet off the Battlestar Galactica show.

It's also a programming language.

Does that make learning Visual Basic moot?

VB isn't moot. VB.NET is the Visual Basic language on a .net infrastructure.

Which programming language should I learn? I need to make a selection for my course schedule.

Visual Basic is easier to learn, because its syntax is simpler.

That's a strong plus.

Unfortunately, Java is used almost everywhere. So if you plan on doing coding in the real world, you need to know Java.

I've heard jokes that VB.net is a joke in and of itself.

That's because VB.NET is evolving to be closer to C than anything else.

Would it be hard to learn C if I learn Java?

Java and C are closer to each other, so learning Java won't make it harder to learn C. And then there are people who would learn Java just to avoid being stuck on the Windows platform.

Objective C is even used in iPhone development.

It is only used on iPhone development.

If VB is hardly ever used, why do they teach it?

Have you ever heard of tenure? There are schools teaching VB because there are still professors who learned Basic and now teach VB to stay relevant.

That's like learning Latin.

There are still schools teaching Latin.

But unless you are a priest, no one has to know Latin. Learning the programming equivalent is a dead end for my career before it even starts.

I was going to say that was Lisp, because VB.net is still used by Microsoft, so you could find a job in that.

Java looks better on my resume. It won't hurt me with MS gurus, but it will look bad to a lot of other developers if that's all I can list on my resume.

[rajiconsolutions]

I learned both VB and Java.

According to me, Visual basic is very simple and yet powerful. You can start with VB and it will create curiosity and interest about programming in you. Very powerful to build desktop applications what java cant do. The only problem with this language is you have to stick to Windows.

Where as java is platform independent and also powerful, but it has long learning curve. For beginners it is confusing and hard to learn. you may loose interest in programming if you start with java. since it is used very much from the beginning as standard web application language supported by web browsers, you cant thing any web application without knowing java.

[jiggasnap]

Lisp is hardly like latin. Functional programming is making a comeback and lisp is "the greatest language that exists or will ever exists because it is a superset of all other languages " -Dr. Charles Isbell (authority on Machine Learning)

[jacobrepors]

*end of video*
She learns Visual Basic and makes a simple shmup game!

[garrett]

Its only an amateur programmer who doesn't recognize that the more programming languages you know, the more Jobs you can apply to. So just be warned. You're taking advise from an amateur here.

[lorenzogarcia-mbhy]

Hi, i have mp4 file in DB saved as "longblob" and i want it to 

1)retrieve the longblob 
2)convert it to mp4 file and
3) save to desktop, i use vb.net 2012, how to do that? please help. Thanks

[markusn.]

This was weird. So learning visual basic is like learning language that dont really have a any true purpose ( in context of development).

[n.aclasheryt]

If i needa make games, which lang should i learn, plz answer

[toasToaTs]

lol getting a little close there at the end there

[EasyDYITech]

Java first then VB will be a piece of cake

[RikthDcruze]

Thank you! Very helpful! & I like the female voice!

[furkanaon]

visual basic more easy and basic. javascript is crap.