Rene Schrieken

I agree it doesn't matter a lot if you use VB.NET or C#. But I think it is better for a company (with this I mean the company that is going to use the software) to stick to one .NET language as it easier to maintain software written in one language. If C# is preferred this is often because C# developers are perceived to have better OO-skills than VB developers and to write better programs. With better I mean cleaner code, better algorithms, and more adherence to coding standards. I don't know for a fact if this is true or not. There definitely are bad C# programmers out there as well. But isn't it a bit telling that both standards you mention are C# standards and not for VB.NET?

I was already familiar with the Philips Medical Systems coding standards and I mostly agree with them. One rule I violate all the time though is "don't use underscores in identifiers". It is quite accepted to start private fields with an underscore.

As with any flame war, people tend to judge using feeling rather than facts. VB.NET looks nothing like QBasic, VB x, etc.

Personally I prefer C# but that is only because of my C/C++ background.

BTW The IDesign link does not seem to work.

Erwyn

I prefer C# over VB.NET but I invite anyone to post me a link for a VB.NET coding standard.
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On your 'perceived' skills; One of our former CEO's told me: We demand our consultants to wear a suit because our customers think a programmer in a suit is a better programmer...
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Coding=Labour intensive and that requires the right skills. Or do you think you can be an excelent plumber tomorrow?

Well...

First let all the see sjarpers figure out when to use brackets.

Then adhere to that standard.

and then we can talk about wich language is better.( i think they are equal)

Personally (and I stated this a couple of times) I really don't care.
A programming language is a tool and I use the tool that gets the job done with the least amount of effort....

And the background compilation and intellisense is really a lot better in VB and that's why I use VB.

Furthermore I think the bracket stuff {{}}}} is really unclear. Even programmers tell they sometimes do, and sometimes don't. And really experienced guru's tell me they like code with the least amount of {}{}{}{}{}{} best.

Also {}{}{}{}{}{{{{}}}} can be a cause of many bug's

Furthermore use of }}{}{}}}{{{{}{}{} makes code reading a lot harder because of all the newlines. So very little information fits on the screen....

"We demand our consultants to wear a suit because our customers think a programmer in a suit is a better programmer"

Did you notice that the MS technical consultants rarely wear a suit.
Programmers in suits aren't programmers, they're called consultants. ;)