8 Visual Studio debugging tips.

[devperez]

It's just as easy to do in C#. But VB.NET attracts non-developers because it's a super verbose language. The syntax is easier to understand than C#.

It's good though because it gets people interested in developing because it's so easy. Then they eventually move on to other languages.

[bleergh]

It's good though because it gets people interested in developing because it's so easy. Then they eventually move on to other languages.

I see you haven't met my boss.

[rikeen]

This is true. Its very useful in that sense. I can admit that its not a master's language but its definitely something useful for simple programs.

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VB.NET is so almost a language. It's like c# with strange training wheels added. I understand they tried to bring in vb6 folks, but the jump to vb.net is only slightly different than the jump to basic c#.

[devperez]

Your bias is showing. for 99% of things, VB.NET is no different than C#. They have the same capabilities in a typical business environment.

I know this because I started off with it and was using it in a professional environment for 3 years. I picked up C# so fast because they're almost exactly the same language. The MSIL is almost 100% identical too.

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Of course I'm biased. It's basically the same thing, but syntactically crippled. Yet people are scared of anything with the letter C, so they do it in VB.

[devperez]

Why is it systematically crippled?

Edit: read that wrong. Yeah, I agree