Network Programming Low Level or Class Abstraction?

Question

I see a lot of questions on the topic of network programming. Despite all the questions and answers I just do not know which way is best to start. Is it better to start from the lowest level, or immediately to work in .NET C #, without going into details below abstraction? Is it better to go with Winsock or BSD Socket programming in Linux?

Answer 1

You can still do low-level TCP or UDP programming in C#, so at that point it is really just a matter of choice whether you want to write network code in C, C#, etc... If all you are trying to do is learn how to write network code, I would consider the language more of a personal choice as the underlying network concepts remain the same.