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what programming languages are supported by Visual Studio 08?

by simpleonline1234
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I'm looking to create a few desktop applications and I'm at the point where I really need to choose a language to learn....what languages are supported by Visual Studio and which one is the easiest to learn that is powerful?
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  • Profile picture of the author Chris Ramsey
    Originally Posted by simpleonline1234 View Post

    I'm looking to create a few desktop applications and I'm at the point where I really need to choose a language to learn....what languages are supported by Visual Studio and which one is the easiest to learn that is powerful?
    I just started using VS08, and I'm currently using VB, but C# is much closer to my PHP history, so I think for my next application I'll be using that.

    But altogether, I believe it's VB, C#, and C++.
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    • Profile picture of the author LynxSI
      Hi simpleone1234:

      For the most part you can choose any language you want in Visual Studio. VB.net, C#, C++ and others if you buy the full package (like J#).

      Many people start with VB.net as the "easy way", and then later graduate to C# for the power.

      If you have ever dabled in Java, JavaScript or other "C" relatives you will be more comfortable with C#. If you have had previous experience with VB, or VBA you will probably feel more at home in VB.net.

      However, there should technically be NO difference in power between VB.net and C#. I find C# nicer because of its C like syntax. You always know how code is grouped because of the curly braces {} and you know the end of each statement with the semi-colon ;. VB allows unterminated statements and uses word based blocks to section code (ex: "If...End If" instead of "if(){....}").
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  • Profile picture of the author unsmashed
    Use C#. That is the industry standard nowadays for Microsoft development languages.
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    • Profile picture of the author topproto
      Originally Posted by unsmashed View Post

      Use C#. That is the industry standard nowadays for Microsoft development languages.
      i am a c sharp programmer i love the language.


      Visual studio supports any language that uses common language runtimes the most common are

      C#
      Visual Basic .NET
      C++/CLI (Managed)
      F#
      J#
      JScript .NET
      Windows PowerShell
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  • Profile picture of the author Citigo Sales
    I hope that you can find the answer by looking up on wikipedia.org with the keyword: Microsoft_Visual_Studio#Visual_Studio_2008
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  • Profile picture of the author chuawenching
    C#, VB.NET and Managed C++ .. well you can add in new .NET languages to VS2008 as long the language is comply to the Common Language Specification (CLS).
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