[thelist] .NET: general questions.
Chris W. Parker
cparker at swatgear.com
Thu Jul 18 13:51:01 CDT 2002
thanks!! (and no i do not think i throw around exclamation points too
liberally!!)
> CWP> 1. are any third-party programs needed to develop .NET
> applications?
>
> you the .net framework and an editor. notepad works fine. visual
> studio.net is excellent if you have access to it, otherwise ms have
> release a free alternative called webmatrix
> (http://www.asp.net/webmatrix/default.aspx), which looks rather good.
you mean *I* have to write this? oh crap. then that leads me to my next
question. HOW DO I WRITE CODE?!?! in fact WHAT IS A PROGRAM?!
> CWP> 3. i've heard that C# is more like C++. is this
> correct(or am i making
> CWP> this up)?
>
> yep. c# is based on c. the syntax is pretty similar, case sensitive
> etc.
i think i will choose c# then. less code, and c is what i started with
also.
Good bye End If!! welcome curly braces!! and that Try operator
(operator?) looks interesting.
thanks again for the insight. and i guess until i come across any other
snags, i'll stay quiet.
chris.
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