Help in decision for C# development.

Question

Hello

 

The situation I am in is certainly not new for most of you so I hope you can help me figure out what best choice I should make.

 

I do have some personal background in C#, visual basic and Java from a long time.

 

I am now building a new software in my free time that I know will require a lot more work and development and hopefully will launch me into a new level of knowledge.

 

Still at the beginning I am facing a few difficulties that are making me rethink my strategy.

 

Simple and trait forward I was considering Visual Studio C# and build button by button and code by code, unfortunately I am facing difficulties in understanding some of the main concepts that I never studied...

 

Question is:

 

Should I keep it this way in a visual style or should I go hardcore with a closer approach on a code base (whiteout visual forms) wish will probably require me to study C# from the ground up a lot more than before.

 

And if I go with a writing style, would it be better to actually switch to Java and make it multi-platform?

 

Please help me go thru this major decision that every professional developer has to go in life.

 

Best regards

Thank you

Rui