[dba-VB] Which .Net Framework Should I Use?

>> one is that C# results in more readable code etc.

I disagree with this statement.  The quality of the code (performance and
readability) is proportional to the quality of the developer.  I use both C#
and VB.Net.  For the most part, you can write the same code in both
languages and get very readable code.  People can make just about any
language's code poorly readable.

This is not a post against C#, I actually prefer C#, although I use VB.Net
at work.

One thing I noticed while looking for a job a few years ago is that some
regions have more C# jobs and others have more VB.Net jobs.

I would personally target the latest framework.  I think the .Net framework
4.0 is not too far in the future.

Bobby

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[mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Salakhetdinov
Shamil
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 3:00 PM
To: Discussion concerning Visual Basic and related programming issues.
Subject: Re: [dba-VB] Which .Net Framework Should I Use?

Hi Dan,

I suppose that it's better to have the latest version of .NET Framework
release, which is currently 3.5 SP1 as you noted.

I have just happened to bootstrap .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 setup on my
sister's notebook running XP by browsing to this link on my test site:

http://shamils-4.hosting.parking.ru/xaml/WpfBrowserApplication2.xbap

That bootstrap downloaded ~66MB of .NET Framework setup and then run it
rather smoothly with one exception that it didn't want to continue with IE
instance, which forced bootstrap, window opened - and the only option to
close IE window was to "kill" it via Task Manager but then .NET 3.5 SP1
setup proceeded and finished OK, and my sample XBAP application did show-up
OK on my sister's PC...

I'd also note that if you only starting .NET development then maybe consider
using C# instead of VB.NET - the reasons of using C# was many times repeated
here and on AccessD - one of then is that for C# there are much more that
for VB.NET ready to use code snippets all over the Internet, another one is
that C# results in more readable code etc.

Thank you.

--
Shamil

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