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Programming language question - Which of these is used for bots that access the net

by MarketingVet09
9 replies
Hi Guys. I wanted to know which of these languages (pick more than 1 if applicable) is most important for someone programming a bot (windows desktop software) that continuously performs an action online (lets say like a myspace friend requester bot, etc):

ASP.NET with SQL Server
ASP.NET 2003
ASP.Net 3.5 using C#
ASP.Net 3.5 using VB
DotNet 2.0 using C#
DotNet 3.5 using C#
DotNet 2.0 using VB
Programming with C#
Programming with C++
Programming with C
Visual Basic 6
Visual Basic


Or is there something else I'm missing? Also if you could let me know which, if any, are not very important at all.

I'm a noob to programming, so someone with expert insight on this would be great!
#access #bots #language #net #programming #question
  • Profile picture of the author KirkMcD
    Originally Posted by Jusumax View Post

    which of these languages is most important
    None of them are important.
    Though you might want to skip plain VB and C.
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    • Profile picture of the author MarketingVet09
      Originally Posted by KirkMcD View Post

      None of them are important.
      Though you might want to skip plain VB and C.
      Thanks for your response! Could you tell me which language (or what skills) are required to create such a program? There has to be some type of skill someone has that knows how to code a bot, no?

      I guess maybe I could better phrase my question: If I wanted to code such a bot, out of that list, what should be the first 3 languages I should learn to most effectively be able to complete the project?

      I hope that helps being a little more specific
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  • Profile picture of the author wasabi20
    C + PHP for webservice and you are in business
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  • Profile picture of the author TrafficMystic
    you can use any of them.. most popular for writing bots is c#, vb and c++
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  • Profile picture of the author mortenmatras
    Thanks for the answers here. If on a linux server writing a bot with PHP / Java or a third language?
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  • Profile picture of the author vivrichards
    Personally i think vb is the easiest to understand if you plan to teach yourself. The syntax is pretty straight forward.
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  • Profile picture of the author SpK
    I've made countless for bots, and the easiest is C# and VB for this task as they got a really easy to use HttpWebRequest class.
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  • Profile picture of the author tonyla
    You would want a language that supports recursion. Uh oh this could be a major blunderon my part , I want to say lisp, would be the best
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  • Profile picture of the author starshipstudio
    We use JAVA and can help you write a bot... Just PM...
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