windows phone programming language

Question

what are the languages of developing on windows phone 7.5 ????
c# ,what else ?!

Mahesh Chand · Accepted Answer

You can only use three languages to build Windows Phone applications - C#, VB.NET, and VC++ .NET. They all three are same. It is your preference what syntax you are more familiar with. Underneath they use a different compiler but are almost same. They share same .NET Base class library, CLR etc.
Java does not support Windows Phone development.

Vulpes · Answer

You can't in fact use Visual C++ (not even the managed version C++/CLI) for Windows Phone 7.x development. See these links:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsphone7series/thread/096b66ee-23c1-47b7-a768-bc2ae9e94c7c/
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/uploadfile/iersoy/the-ersoy-experiment-in-windows-phone-7-development-using-xna/
However, you will be able to use it for developing Windows Phone 8 applications alongside C#, VB.NET and Javascript.
As Mahesh said earlier, there is no real difference between C# and VB.NET in capabilities. Which you prefer is likely to depend on the languages you've used in the past.
Initially, C# was quite similar to Java though there has been some divergence in recent years as C# has added support for LINQ, dynamic and (in version 5.0) asynchronous programming.
C++ is a more powerful language than C#, VB.NET or Java and produces faster executables but is much harder to use. This has tended to restrict C++ to systems and games programming in recent years as most programmers prefer the faster development times combined with reasonable power and performance of .NET/Java for programming business applications.

younis abdeljawwad · Answer

but i think every language is strong or specialized in somethings !!

Mahesh Chand · Answer

Nothing really. All languages are same. It's your preference. If you know VB, you should use VB.NET. If you know C++/Java, you should use C#.

younis abdeljawwad · Answer

what are the difference things in c# that make it better from other languages like VP.NET, c++,java !!!!

Vulpes · Answer

You can use VB.NET instead but you need to have a 'paid for' version of Visual Studio 2010 - the Express edition for Windows Phone only supports C# development.