Re: VISUAL BASIC???

From: Leythos (void_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 05/28/04 

Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 11:10:34 GMT

In article <SPDtc.24189$_67.8965@pathologist.blueyonder.net>,
Spam.me@Spam.com says...
> Hi, one of my friends says he is going to learn Visual Basic. Not wanting to
> sound stupid, I just replied, "Good Choice". What is Visual Basic and what
> does it do? Is it any good, Worth Learning? Thanks for any help.

VB is Visual Basic. It's a programming language that lets people quickly
develop applications of all types in an easy to learn (compared to
others) language.

VB6 was the last version of VB that was produced by MS before they came
out with the .Net version. As a programmer of 20+ years, I would tell
your friend that it's a waste of time to learn VB and to start learning
VB.Net instead. The friend should also strongly consider C# (pronounced
as C-Sharp).

While I still code in VB (as well as many other languages, VB is going
by the wayside and is considered to be out-of-date at this time. With
the new systems (XP Prof and 2003) on the market VB.Net is a much better
choice. I personally found that moving from VB to VB.Net was a challenge
since I had the VB programming mind set and VB.Net is not really like
VB.

When I get jobs that I hire programmers for, it's VB.Net or C# skills
(in the MS world) that I look for. 

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