Visual C++ vs Visual C# , which is the best to learn? [closed]

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I've done my C++ classes and practices after which I started learning Visual C++ using book Ivor Horton's Visual C++. The problem is that I am unable to understand the language of this book and badly trying to understand the codes. I want to learn Visual C++ for Windows application development and making my future in that (also because I already know C++).

Some of my friends told me to switch to C# since it has many library function to create GUI etc and told me it's hard 开发者_运维知识库to code Windows applications in Visual C++.

Now in these holidays I am going to join classes, can you help me which language I should stick to, and which one will be easy?

From very beginning I want to learn Visual C++ and sometimes I think it's hard when I don't understand concept in reference books etc.

Any help will be very appreciated, thanks a lot for taking your precious time.

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Visual C++ and Visual C# are not languages nor GUI frameworks; they are Integrated Development Environments - IDEs. This means they are text editors tailored to the task of development.

Visual C++ lets you code in C++, Visual C# lets you code in C#. Also, both let you create GUIs in a point-and-click manner.

Sounds like what you really want to do is create GUIs. In that case, without having further information, I recommend you go for C#. It is a much cleaner language than C++, it has fewer ways to shoot yourself in the foot, and it provides access to the immensely useful .NET framework.

C# features that C++ doesn't have:

• Fully automatic memory management
• Lambda functions¹
• Type inference¹
• Reflection
• Remoting
• Automatic serialization
• True entity types
• Properties
• Database integration via LINQ
• Convenient functional-style programming via LINQ
• No header files
• No undefined behavior
• Direct interoperability with many languages
• Compile once, run everywhere

¹ these features have been added to C++ in the C++11 standard.

C++ features that C# doesn't have

• Template metaprogramming
• Typedefs
• Zero-overhead principle
• Means to enforce const-correctness
• Mature compilers that produce extremely optimized code nowadays
• Much wider platform support

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can you help me which language i should stick to , and which one will be easy.

In general, if you're goal is to develop Windows Applications, you'll probably find many, many more simple examples to learn from in C# than in C++. There is a huge community around C# for Windows GUI development.

That being said, many of the concepts you'll need are the same in any language you learn. You can't really go wrong - at some point, you'll probably want to learn both langauges if you're going to program professionally (as well as others).

i think it's hard when i don't understand concept in ref books etc.

You should get a beginning programming book, not reference books, and go through it step-by-step. If your goal is just GUI development, I'd recommend a good, simple C# book, and just step through it form beginning to end, and do all of the examples. Learning from a "reference" book won't work - it's reference material, and not meant to teach concepts.

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C++ vs. C# - a Checklist from a C++ Programmers Point of View http://www.thinkingparallel.com/2007/03/06/c-vs-c-a-checklist-from-a-c-programmers-point-of-view/

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C# is the premeir .net language for developing applications on the .net framework.

Native C++ is more cross platform and low level. It's used for writing applications for windows, mac, linux, embedded systems, etc.

C++.net is C++ adapted to the .net platform, and is primarily used for writing performance critical parts of an application (the rest of which is written in C#, VB.net, or something else as they integrate virtually seamlessly).

Visual C++ is microsoft's windows compiler for C++ that can be used to write native and C++.net applications.

Writing .net applications solely in C++ in much harder than writing them in C# as you have to deal with more low level issues. If you want to write .net applications, I recommend using C# and C++.net if you need it.

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with C++, you could be able to touch the 'low level' near 'assembly things' part of programming

c# is never meant to be created to beat c++, with c# you get the whole .net framework utilities, faster cleaner form generations, with the lack of 'low level' part

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C# is largely intended for Business Applications so as Java. Visual C# is Microsoft's implementation of the C# programming language specification, included in the Microsoft Visual Studio suite of products.

C# is much slower than C++, since the code passes through CLR. VC++.net has the same drawback.

VC++ is very hard to learn, so as MFC and windows programming, even though you know C++. But is it a prestigious and efficient language.

It is easy to switch from VC++ to VC#. But the reverse is harder.

If you go for VC++, MFC and Windows programming, try this.

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Maybe consider what you are likely to want to do in the future, as a professional or a hobbyist. Programming is a wide field, in which both languages have their place. If its too early for you to make that decision, C# is probably most likely to do you good in the future.

It's worth remembering that they are both only languages - and just as writing a good book is about more than correct spelling & grammar, writing good code is about more than the details of a particular languages syntax.

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I would learn both.

Having said that, I would create GUI/Application projects using C#, and use VC++ for any COM or device communication.

I would check out Which platform should I use : native C++ or C# ?