C# Developers' Journal (original) (raw)
1:37p
First IRC client I'm self-learning C# and last night I felt that I had learned enough to try and make a very simple IRC connection client. And so far it seems to be working fairly well except for the minor fact that you can't really see any of the incoming data. I know this because I've yet to program a way to get it. Why? Because I'm not entirely sure how I should continually get all of the incoming data. This is where I could really use some help. I'd also like some comments or advice on the code itself. It's split up into two files, the Program class which is just the main method, and the IRC class which handles all of the IRC information and commands.
I'm also not entirely sure how to go about splitting up the args[] and determining which constructor to use based on that. However, once I get the incoming information working and displaying correctly I more or less plan to scrap the console version and move onto a more GUI-based client so I'm not too worried about that.
8:01p
I hope this isn't considered flamebait/off topic. I may have a few development projects to undertake in the next while which I will be using to build up my work experience to acquire a programming job in the future. By education, I'm primarily a C++ programmer. But in this day and age, I find that a lot of the jobs at my level (entry-level) are looking for everything but C++.
My question is whether or not C# has enough of a following to make it a good language to gain experience in, (as in, are there a reasonable number of jobs out there for entry level C# programmers), or if I should be turning my focuses elsewhere?
The applications I'd be writing as part of my job will involve standard business practices (scheduling, POS, etc).
Any insight people can offer is much appreciated :)