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What programming language should I use? and why?
I want to make a little program to do hydraulic calculations for a specific type of plumbing system. I have not done any programming since the Commodore 64 days.
I have access to Visual Basic 2002 Standard and Visual C++ 2002 Standard. The program would be mostly entering data in 4 or 5 boxes and pushing the GO button. Some of the calculations involve logs and some must be done by iteration. I would also like to do a little graphing of the system curve vs the pump curve.
What programming language should I use? and why?
Thank You in Advance.
2 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
If you want to create forms then VB is your best bet. Trying to do forms/text box entry with C++ will take more work. You could use MFC to help but that will take some learning also.
Either language can do the computation you want but VB is the better from that period (2002) for Windows forms applications for the novice.
- 1 decade ago
Hi!
I'd use Visual Basic, but download the totally free "Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition" from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/Express/VB/
You can create excellent programs, way better than you could with 2002, and programs are - in my opinion - easier to write and work with.
Using a new drawing interface called GDI+, you can create graphs with far more ease than you could with older versions of VB. See "The Code Project" for help with programming and free controls and components in case you need them:
I hope this helps!
