Re: Visual Basic.net

On 2005-05-02, Michael <PleaseReply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi, I am probably all cocked up here but I heard Microsoft had given up on
> VB. Will it still be used in general.
> Perhaps someone could give me an explanation of what has happened and what
> it will mean.
> Many many thanks.
> Michael
>
>
As someone who has ACTUALLY converted a number of projects to VB.NET and
C#, I can tell you that VB.NET is a MAJOR improvement over VB.CLASSIC in
terms of productivity, power, and flexability. For, example I converted a
project a few months ago and when I was done I had removed ALL api calls
and the lines of code were about 1/2 the VB.CLASSIC version. People who
say it takes more code to do things in .NET are those who don't know the
..NET framework.

VB.NET has web functionality, but it is NOT all about web or web
connected applications. All my applications have been either standalone
desktop apps or client server based applications. Let me tell you, it
is much easier to write a multithreaded server app in VB.NET then in
VB.CLASSIC. I know, I've had to do both.

VB.NET is more object oriented then VB.CLASSIC - but it allows the same
coding style that you used in VB.CLASSIC. There are differences, but
for the most part, the jump is not that great. Those that say it is are
exagerating. Like, I said I've converted several apps now, and there
have been very few gotcha's. Of course, that can depend on the
application and how it was written in VB.CLASSIC. If your code was
poorly structured in VB.CLASSIC it will not translate well to .NET

Further, Visual Basic 2005 addresses many of the most requested missing
features - for example, edit and continue. As well as adding many RAD
features that blow VB.CLASSIC out of the water, for example the My
namespace, many improvements to System.Windows.Forms - such as better
layout management, improved controls with theme support, etc.

VB.CLASSIC is a dead language, and all I have to say to that is thank
goodness. I officially went to .NET is 2002 (though, I had been playing
with it since the PDC bits in 2000), and I have no regrets at all.

--
Tom Shelton
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