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Hello.
Start by working out what you know, and what you need to learn. 10 years is a long time, and things change - so you need to work out what environment you need to code for, because that will determine the languages and frameworks you will have to understand.
This is a good place to start though: Free IDE and Developer Tools | Visual Studio Community[^]
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Okay that sounds good. I will look up the free IDE and Developer tools.
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Welcome!
I also spent a decade away from computers and the changes were astounding.
I narrowed my focus at first and learned c# then gradually widened my circle of interest.
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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It all depends on what you want to do, you should provide more details so we can give better advice.
Here is a nice site with recommendations: https://www.slant.co/tags/development
I don't agree with all recommendations though, e.g. Python scores very high, but I think it's way too slow for many purposes.
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I agree concerning Python …  (I am not that far yet to talk about performance, it's the syntax which I cannot get used to, having FORTRAN/C++/C# background...). It would be interesting to see a non-biased comparison of "capabilities" between Python and C#, BR
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Yes, the problem with all these statistics is that they are mostly based on "popularity" like the TIOBE index mentioned in a previous post. But popular does not mean the best of course 
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True … and in the meantime I found a comparison on "Slant"
(funny thing … I see it only now that I am referring to the same website …  )
https://www.slant.co/versus/110/115/~python_vs_c
which seems unbiased as it points out some disadvantages of Python, like
"...Con: Inelegant and messy language design …"
and also
"...Con: Significant whitespace ..."
This weakens their suggestion to use Python as a 1st programming language to study…
C# is probably better for this …
BR,
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The tool set hasn't changed much - Microsoft still releases stuff before it's ready from prime time, refuses to address bugs in those products, and abandons frameworks shortly after they almost become ubiquitous. In that regard, you ain't missed much.
The only things that have changed are bizarre and pointless updates to C# (mostly in an aggravating attempt to illustrate that Microsoft is somehow still on the cutting edge).
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Microsoft is on the slashing -- as in, slashing the users -- edge. 
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A Whovian?
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer.
The End
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Well I initially thought that, then there is the whole Bad Wolf thing in Dr. Who and we have a missing Darlek... just saying...
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Did you take an arrow in the knee?
They buy shoes, then they wear them! They make them sound old! Dairy! Dairy!
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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Visual Basic.NET is a great programming language, so powerful as C#, but more fun and readable to program with it.
So finally after so many years VB.NET has surpassed C# in TIOBE Index (July 2018)
See Picture Here (July 2018)
www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/
modified 20-Jul-18 17:21pm.
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georani wrote: but more fun and readable to program with it.
Nurse! Quick! Here we have another one that believes his own propaganda!
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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 this is good … 
BTW, Google trends says that VB.NET popularity is waaay below C#,
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To each their own. some people like Chevys some people like Fords, and other prefer Hondas. It's all personal preferences, and if it gets the job done then that's great, if it doesn't than that's when it's a problem.
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VB.Net is far more verbose than C#. This has the side effect of not hiding dotNet features such as event wireups. Granted, LINQ is easier and more concise in C# but for most features VB.Net is just as easy as C# to code.
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I call bullocks
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...An alternative viewpoint: 14 most popular programming languages according to Stack Overflow...
Stack Overflow can not measure the popularity of a language, but the difficulty of programmers to use it, the more questions, the more problematic is that language. Tiobe Index is more trustful.
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While there is certainly a valid point in your statement the overall outcome is utter bs (sorry). Tiobe is really a joke benchmark especially when compared to StackOverflow. Just compare the top spot: Java? JavaScript not even in top 5 (the most used PL running on essentially all devices and platforms)?
As every of these benchmarks is a lie (strongly depending on the sources, custom metrics, and attitudes of the creators) a survey across all developers seems to be the most reliable indicator about the popularity of PL.
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Just because JavaScript is the most used doesn't mean it is popular. That's two different things. I've read many posts where people complain about JavaScript. That doesn't mean they aren't using it, though.
Da Bomb
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Are we talking relative or absolute here? It makes a huge difference. Example: If, e.g., JS is used 10x as much as X and X is liked by 100% of its developers, while JS is only liked by 20% of their developers, its still twice as popular.
Of course you are right, but JS is popular and is most used.
There are only two kinds of programming languages: Those that aren't used and those that people complain about.
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Like every other "study" it had an agenda to push the statistical results they wanted to emphasize.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Do I have your permission to use these quotes?
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