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Hi every body... which is the best way to learn script???... which lenguage is the best for architecture???... Rhinoscript???... Python???... Grasshopper???... or some other different?... Thank you very much for your help!!!.... Danny...

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on October 7, 2011 at 2:50pm

Hi Danny,

there is no language "best for architecture". Here however are some factoids:

Grasshopper isn't a language like the other ones. Although I do consider Grasshopper to be programming, there isn't really a language to learn. That's not to say it's easy learning Grasshopper, just that you don't have to deal with syntax.
From within Grasshopper it's possible to use other languages, namely the ones you mentioned; VB.NET, C# and python.
VB is a friendlier language than C#, and I think most people writing scripts for Grasshopper are using VB.
C# is the more popular language world-wide. Most online resources provide C# examples rather than VB.
C# and VB are very very similar once you look past the superficial differences in syntax. In fact, there are websites that will translate VB into C# and C# into VB without fail. So, from that point of view it doesn't really matter which one you pick.
I cannot give you much info about python, I don't speak it very well. From what I know python is the least forgiving of the 3 languages, but it does have a number of very powerful features that make it popular amongst mathematicians, scientists and the adept programmer.

I'd recommend you start with Grasshopper (this is a grasshopper forum after all), because it's easy to move into VB/C#/python once you're comfortable with Grasshopper.

David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Poprad, Slovakia

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