C# vs Java: Which One Is Better?

C# vs Java: Which One Is Better?

Did you know there's a lot of factors and things that you'll need to overcome to become a programmer that aren't specifically related to coding?

My name is Tim Buchalka and I have put together a series of videos which I call the "Programming Tip of the Day". And basically, each video goes through talking about some of the pitfalls and things that you'll need to overcome to succeed as a programmer, things like overcoming frustration and keeping yourself motivated.

In this series I will also answer common questions about choosing a programming language to learn, questions about your career path and things of that nature. Now there's a lot of other things as well that I'll cover in these videos and I'm also opening the lines for you to tell me what you want me to cover.

Now I've been a programmer for over 35 years so I think I'm real qualified to answer a lot of these questions. So if you do have a question, pop the question in the comments section of this video and I'll do my best to address that in a future video.

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[Dexi]

0:05 "Let's talk about that..." NO, let's talk about how you superimposed a logo onto your shirt through the magic of video editing!

[subliminalcastillo]

I started off on C#, and picked up Java without hardly any effort at all.
From an unbiased standpoint, I would recommend a beginner start with C#, simply for the fact it is an easier language than java to get into due to windows forms, unity uses C#, and you don't have to worry about folder hierarchies. Some may argue though that those aren't sufficient enough reasons to start with it over Java, though. Go with your gut, people. Don't get caught thinking about the long term on this one, because syntactically, and functionally, java & C# are nearly identical. Whenever you learn one thing in one of the languages, all you have to do is figure out what it's named as in the other, practically.

0:28 "Im not pro microsoft and anti linux or im not anti linux and pro microsoft" that made me laugh so hard

[hiphopheaven]

C# one of the few great thing that Microsoft created.

[MaticJ]

I had C# for 2 years (up to object arrays) in school and I’ve been wanting to learn Java cause my favourite game is made in Java, and I just recently learned that the two are almost identical.

[silentwater]

Personally I have experience programming in C# for more than 10 years and around 3+ years experience with Java now. Personally I prefer C#. For me it it the more modern language and from my experience things are much more well rounded and working well together. For Java, Java has been stuck in the Java 8 world for many years. A lot of systems are still running on a very old language version out there in the industry and migrating to newer Java Releases / JEE Releases is happening very very slow. It is a pain in the ass to work with those old systems and often a big pain in the ass to migrate away from Java 8 and the old JEE Versions to newer versions like Java 11 or 17. Yes out there in the industry most backend system for Webservices are running with Java but for me it is a pain in the as to work with, especially for beginners, who can get easily lost with all those frameworks out there in the Java world and all those quirks with incompatible dependencie versions. In my opinion it is easier to learn C# than Java. Not so much if you just stick with Java SE, but if you want to proceed with Webservices with JEE / Spring Boot / Quarkus / ...

[upya]

Just found this channel and suddenly have the feeling everything's gunna be OK!
Finally someone understandable! Thanks Tim! I'll have questions for ya for sure!

[surjagain]

Thanks for the advice, I love your Java Masterclass course!

[heitoreleuterio]

Very good video my man. Short, straight to the point. Thank you =) Greetings from Brazil

[damilolaodili]

Hello, this video helped a lot. However, I'm new to programming and I have an interest in BI or BA. I have little knowledge in SQL already. I was advised by a friend to also learn a backend programming language so I can code on the database at the backend. Which would you recommend between Java and C#, sir? ...and why??

[awaresiel]

Tim, even thou sintaticaly i know java and c sharp i feel theres so many things that im a bit stackoverflow dependant when coding, is that bad?

[dashknow]

Hey, what i want to create an app, and I target both windows and android, should I use Java for both windows and android platform or, should I use C# for the windows version and java for the android version of my app?

[SimonNitzsche]

Been programming with C# and C++ for years, yet i feel really really unconfortable programming in Java. There is imo so much missing and a lot of different opinions made by the Java Creators by Design, that i can't agree on. Like having negative rgb values and waste of memory.

[usernotfound]

i have some of the top udemy courses, and in my opinion, this dude, penny de Byl and chad darby are top 3 instructors of udemy.

[rice]

Very helpful tutorial and not too long. Thank you

[tranceyy]

We love C# for its complete walled ecosystem and syntax, we love Java for its hackability and huge open source ecosystem. That's it.

[sheraton]

Hey Tim, where do i find your C# course?

[fethiferjani]

I'm building an ERP for accounting business, what programming language should be the better?

[danielm]

Hi Tim,
I was recently wondering whether I should begin learning Java as my second programming language. I have good skills in c# that I aquired at school. Now since you said in the video that the the two (Jave and c#) are similar, perhaps I should focus on learning a different programming language (other than Java). I'd appriciate it if you could share your opinion.
Thanks in advance.