what is the advantage with vb.net compaered to vb6, it seems it make
simple programming more complicated with OOP ?thanks
Surely this question should be banned by now.... but in case it's not. VB6
sucks. Its not even yesterday it was the day before. If your just getting to
VB.NET now, then your well and truely late. We've had recess and we're now
looking forward to lunch.
VB.Net will move you out of comfort zone for sure, but then thats IT for
you. Move forward or dry up and die.
I found there is something of a learning curve but .Net makes life a whole
lot easier not harder.
Im not flaming or attacking you but quite frankly I dont really care if you
step up to the .Net plate... because it just makes it easier for all of us
that do, to eat your shop alive. There is not a sh**t show in hell of a
skilled VB6 programmer out performing a skilled VB.net developer. None.
You've now got the whole Microsoft language platform and soon the server/os
environments backing away from VB6 as well. So basically its not a choice
between VB6 and VB.Net. So much as it is between VB.Net and a menial job as
a postie. VB6 is almost dying and almost dead.
As for resources, I wouldn't waste any money on books if your just starting
out. All the basic info is online and im sure others will point you in the
right direction. Walking through the docs is always a good starting point.
Build things and learn why they fail. Jump in and worry about buying books
when you have a specialised area of the platform you want to immerse
yourself in.
Worrying about which books to buy at your point is just another form of
procrastination.
Richard