1-question survey on programming languages

[Jan Axelson]

Take my 1-question survey: what language do you use most to program applications that access USB devices?

(survey closed)

Or respond here if you prefer.

[ChongHan]

Hi...I planning to build driver and software application for USB 3.0 with windows 7 and above. Btw, anyone here can give me some advice for what language is most stable and easier to understand/learn (i am beginner) for creating USB3.0 driver and software.

[Jan Axelson]

If by "driver" you mean a low-level device driver, are you sure your device requires a custom driver? Windows supports many USB classes:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff538820%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

Plus WinUSB for vendor-defined functions:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff540196%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

[ChongHan]

Thanks for replied me. So normally which language will be preferred to create USB software? C++? C# or VB?

[Jan Axelson]

The survey is closed. Here are the results.

What language do you use most to program applications that access USB devices?

These were the options given:

Visual C# .NET     90  33%
Visual C++           83  31%
Visual Basic .NET  35  13%

And these were write-ins:

C/C++                 26  10%
Visual Basic 6       11  4%
Delphi                   9  3%
Python                  5  2%
Java                      5  2%
Power Basic           2  1%
Assembler             2  1%
PHP                      1  .5%

Thanks to everyone who responded. It looks like variants of C/C++ remain popular, followed by Visual C# and Visual Basic .NET.

[Jan Axelson]

The responses have been posted!