Date parsed: 07/04/2008 03:17:38
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 08:17:38 -0500

"Bob Palank" <bob@stlcc.org> wrote in message
news:SkNJj.18$9r.16@newsfe07.lga...
> I'm building content for an U/G Intro to programming course meant for a
> variety of IT students with different majors.
> I intend to use about 8 assignments that are to be coded in two
> languages - VB.Net and either VC++.Net or Java.
> If Java, then I would tend to use Visual J# .net instead of NetBeans
> since the IDEs are so close.
> A. Would you, as an experienced developer prefer VB.Net and VC++.Net or
> VB.Net and Java.
> B. Would you use VJ#.Net - rember it is an intor course
> BR
> Trebor
>

Forget VJ#. It's discontinued as of the VS 2008 release.
I've been teaching software development at the UG level (C++, C#, VB, Java,
PHP, Perl, etc) for 7 years full time (before that, I had over 30 years
experience "in the business"), and I'd suggest that you not try to teach two
different development technologies in the same intro class. I'd also suggest
that if you want to introduce C++, that you do so in the context of ISO
standard C++, not C++/CLI. You can teach VB and standard C++ basics using
Visual Studio as the IDE, which will reduce the slope of the learning curve
for your students.