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Contents 1 Index 2 Part II: Data format converter 2.1 List of data formats 2.2 Conversion Tactics 3 Best References 4 History 5 Other/FAQ 5.1 Data Manipulation Languages 5.2 To-do list

Index

Find what you're looking to translate in the index below.
Direct translations already available! C# <-> VB.NET [1]

1. Core Language Features
   1. Variables, Functions, Operators, Flow control
   2. Objects, Generics
   3. Modular programming
   4. Precompilation
      1. C++ style macros (#define, #ifndef)
      2. In C#: http://blogs.msdn.com/csharpfaq/archive/2004/03/09/86979.aspx
2. Data Structures
   1. Lists, Hashtables
3. Data Manipulation
   1. Strings (strlen, regexp)
   2. Time and Date (UTC, get minutes, subtracting times)
4. Input/Output
   1. scanf/printf: read formatted input
   2. Opening a file (file streams)
   3. Internet connection (sockets)
   4. web services: SOAP
5. Compilation and Debugging
6. Windows, graphical user interfaces

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Part II: Data format converter

The data converter lists a series of formats in which data can be stored, and the best way to convert from one to another.

List of data formats

• Data structures in programming languages
  • JavaScript
  • Java
  • C++
  • .NET (C#/VB)
• Structured data
  • XML
  • SQL

Conversion Tactics

• CSV -> SQL
  • Universal: You can write a script to generate queries.
  • MS SQL: Use bulk copy utility (bcp); new versions of SQL server also allow imports from program
  • MySQL: LOAD DATA INFILE command, also, see http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8472/ur0307c/
• CSV -> .NET
  • http://knab.ws/blog/index.php?/archives/10-CSV-file-parser-and-writer-in-C-Part-2.html
• .NET <-> JSON
  • Json.NET two-way serializer (http://james.newtonking.com/pages/json-net.aspx)
  • .NET -> JSON: Use JavascriptSerializer (http://geekswithblogs.net/shahed/archive/2008/03/22/120709.aspx)
  • DataTable -> JSON: Convert into generic containers or write adapter code yourself (http://forums.asp.net/t/1231553.aspx)

Best References

Official stuff should be in red

• Python: Dive Into Python [2]
• Python API: Python 2.5.2 Documentation [3] (RED)
• TODO reference Stroustrup
• TODO reference CL

History

http://blog.strafenet.com/2006/12/09/fundamentals-of-being-useful

C++: http://blog.strafenet.com/2007/11/19/how-to-do-something-in-c-besides-traverse-binary-trees/

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Other/FAQ

Data Manipulation Languages

TSQL MySQL date manipulation

select * from category
where id not in (select ancestor_id from category)

select * from category
where id not in (select ancestor_id from category where ancestor_id is not null)

To-do list

1. Create tab index on left or top
2. Reorganize to use short code examples
3. Fix logo
4. http://bytes.com/topic/python/answers/30481-equivalent-javas-tostring

Our mission: break the programmer's language barrier.

How we do that: The Programmer's Thesaurus allows programmers familiar with one language to translate syntax and method calls into another language.

Currently planning to support: C#, JS, Common Lisp. More to come as fast as we can come up with them.

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With regard to analogies to C# functions:

I think having some sort of a resource like this for new languages is a great idea! So, with a friend of mine, I put together a wiki for it.

http://pt.strafenet.com/

I wasn't planning on putting it up yet, but my friend pointed me to this post. We'll be working on it on and off, and contributors are definitely welcome.

It started when I was trying to pick up Lisp and was looking for analogous functions (at least, as close as one can get with languages that different). :-) The index is missing some advanced comprehensions and such.