Should VBA Developers be worried?

[Albert]

Hello!

There seems to be a rumor going around about Microsoft rolling out a web
version of Office.

http://lifehacker.com/5310878/microsoft-may-announce-web+based-office-monday

If it were true, how is a Web Version of office going to affect VBA
Developers? As a developer who makes a living from programs developed in VBA,
should I be worried? Is the web version going to be VBA Compatible? (And how?)

Best regards,

Albert C

 

[Patrick Molloy]

My opinion, for what its worth

I think that institutions are generally reluctant to migrate their
applications to newer versions for a year or two, until the "bugs" get
ironed out. So while i think VBA will "may" be killed off, it'll be around
for a long time -- I doubt that 95% of Excel users would sacrifice the
ability to write quick and easy macros!! For developers, yes, .NET and C#
are the way forwards, and web applications are getting better and better.
Don't be worried ... just get to grips with this fascinating technology.

 

[Albert]

Hi Patrick:
Thank you very much for your reply.

If I may bother you again:
Regarding .NET and C#, what advice could you give a proffessional VBA
devoloper not wanting to be left behind by techology? How would you go about
making the "switch"? I have been working succesfully with VB for years, but I
have no experience with .NET or C#. In fact, I don't even know how to create
an interaction between Excel and those languages!

Thanks in advance,

Albert C.

 

[Patrick Molloy]

get Visual Studio 2008 and start playing
You could try VB.Net but from what I'm seeing, C# is the business choice.
There are loads of books out there -- C# For Dummies (yep, I have it) ,
Accelerated C# 2008 etc

 

[Albert]

Will do...
Thank you sir!

get Visual Studio 2008 and start playing
You could try VB.Net but from what I'm seeing, C# is the business choice.
There are loads of books out there -- C# For Dummies (yep, I have it) ,
Accelerated C# 2008 etc