Programming issues

[SoundTheSurrender]

I've never been really good at programming. I do enjoy it though but issues have risen.

I bombed assembly and I couldn't complete 2nd tier C++, it's just really hard for me to comprehend pointers and all those other things beyond.

Where I really do well is VB.NET. I love the syntax and it's very clear to me just reading the code what it does.

The issue is that I use a Mac and enjoy Leopard but VS is obviously a Microsoft product.

I'm contemplating switching my Macbook to Vista.

The thing is, I don't really know where the industry is on this all. I'm assuming Java and Visual Studio are probably the 2 top developers tools for the web.

I've tried my hand in PHP but I don't quite get it, I can edit code but coming up with things is hard.

Anyways, I guess my question is, what tools out there are more universal and easy to get in?
I'm pretty sure I'm just going to stick with VB.NET to develop the things I have in mind.

Running it in a VM is unacceptable.

Thanks

 

[KB]

You could try mono http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page which is a .net framework with IDE for Linux/Mac. Unfortunately it is no Visual Studio and it is always behind on technology.

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

I don't think they've even adopted .Net 2.0 fully yet and I think 3.0 is coming out soon. I'd rather just stick to the real deal. :-/

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: SoundTheSurrender
I don't think they've even adopted .Net 2.0 fully yet and I think 3.0 is coming out soon.

Actually, .NET 3.0 was released sometime ago, we are on .NET 3.5 now.

 

[imported_Dhaval00]

Start with the free Express editions of Visual Web Developer, Visual Studi, And SQL Server.

Mono is still on .NET 1.1.