When and why should VB, Visual C++ and Delphi be used?

[ilop]

want to know

helloo,
i'm newbie for this programming language (VB, Visual C++, and delphi)

i have some questions, i hope there is someone will answer this
1. when we use VB, Visual C++, and delphi?
2. what are the advantages and disadvantages of using them?

 

[iridium]

Re: want to know

VB and Delphi are very similar... but i would chose the VB... Because its easier for use... I find out taht C++ is best for communication with PC ports... "regular" C++ is different of Visual C++ becouse you can make programs that will work great in Win environment... I`m not professional so find out your self...

 

[strombom]

Re: want to know

VB is a good choice if you want to make simple software under windows with nice user interfaces. VB is easy to use and you will have a short development cycle.

For a little more demanding applications you could use C/C++.

C is ideal for lower level programming like driver development.

C/C++ can be used on multiple platforms.

 

[echo47]

want to know

Delphi is basically Pascal, so if you don't know Pascal then I suggest choosing one of the other two. VB is probably easier to learn. C and C++ will give you higher performance. Most of Windows was written in C and C++. Thank you for not considering Java.

 

[banh]

Re: want to know

why not java?
of course a bit slower,
but it's still a good choice right?

 

[nvd]

Re: want to know

VB is really good for fast program development. If I were in your place, I would use VB so that I might concentrate on the problem more as coding in VB is a lot easier. If you cannot do some hardware programming in VB, write a DLL in VC++ and call its functions from VB. Do the rest of programing in VB.