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

Hi Bobby,

That's fine.

Thank you.

--
Shamil

-----Original Message-----
From: "Bobby Heid" <bheid at sc.rr.com>
To: "'Salakhetdinov Shamil'" <mcp2004 at mail.ru>,"'Discussion concerning Visual Basic and related programming issues.'" <dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 22:29:26 -0400
Subject: RE: [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
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [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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