First just a bit of a backstory. I've been a developer for about 3-4 years now. When I first began my programming journey I began with C. I started learning all of the fundamentals about Data types, variables, flow control, structs, pointers, arrays, etc. From C i decided I was going to move up the metaphorical "Programming Ladder" and learn C++. Thanks to C++ I learned the fundamentals of classes and Object oriented Programming although I never got far enough in the language to have to dabble with Templates,Containers etc. I wanted something a bit easier than C++ that I could use for general purpose programming. My primary interest at the time (and still is) was making applications and games. I started to look around at other languages like Java and Python. While Python was nice for scripting it lacked the speed of a compiled language. I tried Java but didn't care much for it at least at the time I dunno my opinion could be different now. Then I found a language called C#.
I soon began to realize that almost everything I wanted to do in C++ I could do in C#. If I wanted to do game development I could with frameworks like Monogame or libraries like OpenGL via OpenTK or even Unity3D. I realized that with Xamarin I could also create Native mobile apps and games for Android, Windows Phone and IOS devices using C#. I had never wrote a GUI before up until a month ago but I did it with WinForms and C#. Thanks to .Net being cross-platform due to Mono I was able to port my last C# Application over from Windows to Linux and Mac with ease. Being able to use one language for so many different types of software whether it's games, mobile or deskop apps or even web, is something that I really like.
I've only just scratched the surface of why I think C# is an awesome programming language. There are many more reasons I could list such as it being Open Source, having a wonderful IDE, Nuget etc.
I'm interested to hear what you guys think. Are you a programmer? Do you love C# or hate it? Do you have a favorite programming lang? Sound off below. Til then I'm off to write some more code. Cheers
I soon began to realize that almost everything I wanted to do in C++ I could do in C#. If I wanted to do game development I could with frameworks like Monogame or libraries like OpenGL via OpenTK or even Unity3D. I realized that with Xamarin I could also create Native mobile apps and games for Android, Windows Phone and IOS devices using C#. I had never wrote a GUI before up until a month ago but I did it with WinForms and C#. Thanks to .Net being cross-platform due to Mono I was able to port my last C# Application over from Windows to Linux and Mac with ease. Being able to use one language for so many different types of software whether it's games, mobile or deskop apps or even web, is something that I really like.
I've only just scratched the surface of why I think C# is an awesome programming language. There are many more reasons I could list such as it being Open Source, having a wonderful IDE, Nuget etc.
I'm interested to hear what you guys think. Are you a programmer? Do you love C# or hate it? Do you have a favorite programming lang? Sound off below. Til then I'm off to write some more code. Cheers
