Your thoughts on C# and Visual Programming

[mepp]

Hello,
I'm currently trying to decide which next subjects to take for my studies.
What do you think about Visual C#?
Is it useful to take it? How do you think it will develop in the future?

Thank you!
- mepp

[techb]

If your school offers C/++ I would take that instead. But, to the pain of most of us, C# is used a lot in industry. You will find most jobs want C# and or Java and things, unless it's web dev.

So if C# is the only option for your school, go for it. I would, however, suggest you actually learn it instead of using the visual drag-n-drop shit.

[mepp]

I've actually learned C, C++ and Java, for structured and object-oriented programming, and now I have C# as an option to choose from.
This is the literature that will be used:
- Beginning Visual C#
- Windows Forms Programming in C#
- Programming C# 4.0: Building Windows, Web, and RIA Applications for the .NET 4.0 Framework

I feel like C# is more restricted language, unlike C/C++ and Java.
I don't know if this language is going to last long, so...

I also have Internet Technologies as an option, for HTTP protocols, methods, forms, SOAP services, REST services.
Should I go with this on instead? Thinking in how useful it will be for me in the future.

[techb]

I would go with the IT stuff. If you already know C/++ and Java, you don't really need C#. And if you ever did, you would only need to learn the syntax which shouldn't be an issue if you already know said languages.

So IT would be my pick.

[Kurajber]

It depends on your interests, but I would pick that Internet Technologies instantly. It would be very useful for you if you want to do basically anything web-related. I'm curious, what's the literature for that course?

[mepp]

For IT, the literature is:
- Beginning ASP.NET 4.5 in C#
- HTML5 Programming for ASP.NET Developers
- Rapid Java Web Development

Also, thank you for your opinions. It helped.
If there's anything that you think I should know about the subjects, please write it here.
Thanks again!
- mepp

[Matangub]

if you want to program back-end with .net go with C# although there are better alternatives. Visual is shit/outdated language.