VB to C# net guide

When programming is a series of conventions. Un surprisingly different languages use different conventions. If you are know one set, it will takes time to see erors which conform to the conventions your eye and brain have become accustomed to seeing

Yes, I know that the only difference between C# and VB net is a ; at the end of each line... here are some more that a programmer with a trained VB eye may find hard to spot.

The left-hand side of an assignment must be a variable, property or indexer

Example:

if (String.Compare( value, anotherValue,true) = 0 )

When comparing two variables use == not =

Other conventions that may trap the experienced vb programmer

• Strings is an ambiguous reference between Microsoft.VisualBasic.Strings and System.Linq.Strings
• The best overloaded method match for string.Split params char has some invalid arguments
• cannot convert from string to char
• The name elseif does not exist in the current context
• Define a function in c sharp
• check if int is null
• vb eqivalent of unload or queryunload
• The left-hand side of an assignment must be a variable, property or indexer
• Possible mistaken empty statement