On 20 Oct 2003 23:48:03 -0700, [email protected]
(English Teacher) wrote:
>At this point in time, which would be more useful to learn: VB.NET or
>regular Visual Basic?
>
>THANKS!
VB.NET is pretty much a different language from VB 'Classic'
It requires the .NET platform on the system, which is about 20mb
So if one is writing small Apps for users who do not have .NET
installed, distribution will be a problem
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 01:30:37 GMT, "(Pete Cresswell)" <[email protected]> wrote:
>RE/
>>At this point in time, which would be more useful to learn: VB.NET or
>>regular Visual Basic?
>
>Looking around the site where I do most of my work (a major mutual fund -
>10,000+ employees) I'd say VB.NET is "what's happening".
>--
>PeteCresswell
Well, it is targeted at large corporates, so that is not surprizing
- having said that large corporates have a tendency to mess around 'at
the bleeding edge',
- partly because senior managers are ignorant, and follow trends
- partly because programmers want to work on the latest stuff so that
they can improve their CV
[email protected] (English Teacher) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> At this point in time, which would be more useful to learn: VB.NET or
> regular Visual Basic?
>
> THANKS!
Regular Vb has been around longer, but eventually it will not be
supported. Learn VB.net or C#. Either way, you will need to learn the
dotnet framework to survive as a Windows developer.
-Zeke
That is an interesting comment, why C#
Jim
"Cameron" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> [email protected] (English Teacher) wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> > At this point in time, which would be more useful to learn: VB.NET or
> > regular Visual Basic?
> >
> > THANKS!
>
> but if you plan to go the .NET road ...then learn C# instead
[email protected] (English Teacher) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> At this point in time, which would be more useful to learn: VB.NET or
> regular Visual Basic?
>
> THANKS!
but if you plan to go the .NET road ...then learn C# instead
A bit off topic in woodworking and photo newsgroups, don't you think?
Anyway, C# is presumably the most native language of .NET Meaning it can
get at the .NET internals more efficiently and directly.
Scott
"jim" <[email protected]> wrote in
> That is an interesting comment, why C#
> Jim
> "Cameron" <[email protected]> wrote
> > > At this point in time, which would be more useful to learn: VB.NET or
> > > regular Visual Basic?
> > > THANKS!
> > but if you plan to go the .NET road ...then learn C# instead