Are they mad? Or is it just me?

2007-06-25T12:41:00.001-07:00

There are some fascinating blogs out there - I subscribe to a number which really make me think, and to some which amuse me. Then there are a few written by important people, business leaders, people who earn lots of money, and I read them because ......

To be honest, I don't know why I read them. And when I read a blog like this, I truly think it must be me that is mad; it can't be the person who published this tosh.

Well - I've done finally it! Am I now a programmer?

2007-03-26T23:19:00.000-07:00

After a few years as a devout VB.Net programmer, I've just completed my first C# project. Of course I have used C# before - but I found the curly brackets, semi colons, and the absence of a background compiler a little irritating.

So what changed?

I wanted to write a demo CAB application, but at the time of writing, the Smart Client Software Factory (SCSF) only supports C# applications. For major projects, I have had to generate the projects and classes manually using VB.Net. This time, I needed the job done fast so I used the SCSF to generate the framework for my demo application. Within a couple of hours, I had the demo up and running.

I then wanted to add a major additional project, and rather than creating a VB project, I carried on using C#. And blow me down, after a couple of days, I forgot about the brackets and the semi colons, learned to make snippets work and away I went. Much to my surprise I quite enjoyed it.

So now I am programming in C#, does that mean I have now become a real programmer?

Old Man's Software

Are they mad? Or is it just me?

Well - I've done finally it! Am I now a programmer?