Hi,
I am a VB.net beginner, I do not know what are the major difference between
Module vs Class.
Could someone guide me when is the best situation to use Module or Class.
I have no idea when should I use module or class, because no matter i use
module or class, i always could get the results that are what i want. but
just the declare and calling method is a bit different.
Regards
Chong
16  10993 
Hi there,
It's all a matter of object orientation. Look up "Object Orientated
Programming" on google or something like that, or maybe get yourself an
in-depth book, because it is something rather hard to explain in here. It
would be worth your while :-)
Nick.
" A_PK" <pk***@hotmail. com> wrote in message
news:uR******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl... Hi,
I am a VB.net beginner, I do not know what are the major difference
between Module vs Class.
Could someone guide me when is the best situation to use Module or Class.
I have no idea when should I use module or class, because no matter i use
module or class, i always could get the results that are what i want. but
just the declare and calling method is a bit different.
Regards
Chong
Hello,
Module in vb.net has everything of a "shared" nature. Once delared it'll be
there throughout the lifetime and instanciated at the start of the
application. This kindof approach introduces too many global variables, which
is not good and as the program grows you'll have a lot of variabes which
belong to the whole program and you kind of kill the concept of
encapsulation, etc,. Use of classes is however an ideal approach where you
think before daclarating and have association-ship as to what variable
belongs to which class and is there for what purpose. You should avoid using
modules, i think they are there only for compatibility with older versions of
VB.
hope that helps.
Abubakar. http://joehacker.blogspot.com
"A_PK" wrote: Hi,
I am a VB.net beginner, I do not know what are the major difference between
Module vs Class.
Could someone guide me when is the best situation to use Module or Class.
I have no idea when should I use module or class, because no matter i use
module or class, i always could get the results that are what i want. but
just the declare and calling method is a bit different.
Regards
Chong
Hi Abubakar,
Modules are not for legacy compatability. There will allways be the
need for modules, and it's certainly not bad programming practice to take
advantage of them. They are great for storing utility methods or global
constants for example. Some people *like* to use classes with shared
members to achieve the same effect but this is neither here nor there.
They are fit for 2 completely different purposes and shouldn't be
compared as such, Classes are for object orientated approaches, modules
aren't.
Nick.
"Abubakar" <Ab******@discu ssions.microsof t.com> wrote in message
news:92******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com... Hello,
Module in vb.net has everything of a "shared" nature. Once delared it'll
be
there throughout the lifetime and instanciated at the start of the
application. This kindof approach introduces too many global variables,
which
is not good and as the program grows you'll have a lot of variabes which
belong to the whole program and you kind of kill the concept of
encapsulation, etc,. Use of classes is however an ideal approach where you
think before daclarating and have association-ship as to what variable
belongs to which class and is there for what purpose. You should avoid
using
modules, i think they are there only for compatibility with older versions
of
VB.
hope that helps.
Abubakar.
http://joehacker.blogspot.com
"A_PK" wrote:
Hi,
I am a VB.net beginner, I do not know what are the major difference
between
Module vs Class.
Could someone guide me when is the best situation to use Module or Class.
I have no idea when should I use module or class, because no matter i use
module or class, i always could get the results that are what i want. but
just the declare and calling method is a bit different.
Regards
Chong
A module is equivalent to a Friend, NotInheritable class with shared
properties and methods (and a private constructor to prevent
instantiation).
Hi Abubakar,
Please don't think that object orientated programming is the *only* way.
Your whole program does not need to be created in this manor. I regularly
use Modules to store global variables, constants and helper methods, I find
this very efficient. If I need a helper method associated to a single class
then I write it in-line as a shared method, but otherwise it isn't
necessary.
"object-orientation is the ultimate goal", nope, a *working* application
that you find easy to maintain is the ultimate goal!
Programming methodologies will always change, but modular and object
orientate approaches are two ways of programming that will always remain; as
they are quite closely linked. VB.NET is just as object orientated as C++,
and at the end of the day C does not exclude "modules" or "includes", it
uses them in tandem. I do see what your trying to say, but I just believe
that maybe you have been blinded by the OOP approach, use both as
appropriate!
Nick.
"Abubakar" <Ab******@discu ssions.microsof t.com> wrote in message
news:F6******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com... Hello Nak,
object-orientation is the ultimate goal. Look at the design of vb.net as
compared to vb6 and before: "everything inside a class". And I was saying
that also because if you see the internal implementation of the modules in
vb.net ie at the IL level, you'll see that its nothing but a class with
shared fields and methods. You can still go for non-object oriented
approach
but changing your approach and thinking in object-oriented ways will
always
help you if you havnt done that before.
Hope that helps.
Abubakar.
http://joehacker.blogspot.com
"Nak" wrote:
Hi Abubakar,
Modules are not for legacy compatability. There will allways be the
need for modules, and it's certainly not bad programming practice to take
advantage of them. They are great for storing utility methods or global
constants for example. Some people *like* to use classes with shared
members to achieve the same effect but this is neither here nor there.
They are fit for 2 completely different purposes and shouldn't be
compared as such, Classes are for object orientated approaches, modules
aren't.
Nick.
"Abubakar" <Ab******@discu ssions.microsof t.com> wrote in message
news:92******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com... > Hello,
> Module in vb.net has everything of a "shared" nature. Once delared
> it'll
> be
> there throughout the lifetime and instanciated at the start of the
> application. This kindof approach introduces too many global variables,
> which
> is not good and as the program grows you'll have a lot of variabes
> which
> belong to the whole program and you kind of kill the concept of
> encapsulation, etc,. Use of classes is however an ideal approach where
> you
> think before daclarating and have association-ship as to what variable
> belongs to which class and is there for what purpose. You should avoid
> using
> modules, i think they are there only for compatibility with older
> versions
> of
> VB.
> hope that helps.
> Abubakar.
> http://joehacker.blogspot.com
>
>
> "A_PK" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am a VB.net beginner, I do not know what are the major difference
>> between
>> Module vs Class.
>>
>> Could someone guide me when is the best situation to use Module or
>> Class.
>>
>> I have no idea when should I use module or class, because no matter i
>> use
>> module or class, i always could get the results that are what i want.
>> but
>> just the declare and calling method is a bit different.
>>
>> Regards
>> Chong
>>
>>
>>
Hi "dotnetnewb ie", Anything that requires more than one instance - think Class.
This is correct, but he possibly does not understand what an instance is
as he has no idea what object orientation is.
If you want to share a set of functions/subs and properties use a
module - so long as you don't require multiple instances of the same thing (or
object).
Yup, that couldn't be more close to the truth also, are you sure your a
newbie?
OO purists will always say (perhaps) think Class.
That's so true, I read something not so long ago which slagged off OOP
programming over some kind of "table" approach to programming, I can't
remember the article because I do the same thing myself, I'm OOP all over.
But you still have to utilize both classes and modules as necessary.
You should read up on Classes and OOP though.
Well said :-) It's more than we can explain in a thread, unless of
course some of us teach? But still, I have many huge books on OOP, I
wouldn't fancy explaining it! :-)
Nick.
Hello Nak,
object-orientation is the ultimate goal. Look at the design of vb.net as
compared to vb6 and before: "everything inside a class". And I was saying
that also because if you see the internal implementation of the modules in
vb.net ie at the IL level, you'll see that its nothing but a class with
shared fields and methods. You can still go for non-object oriented approach
but changing your approach and thinking in object-oriented ways will always
help you if you havnt done that before.
Hope that helps.
Abubakar. http://joehacker.blogspot.com
"Nak" wrote: Hi Abubakar,
Modules are not for legacy compatability. There will allways be the
need for modules, and it's certainly not bad programming practice to take
advantage of them. They are great for storing utility methods or global
constants for example. Some people *like* to use classes with shared
members to achieve the same effect but this is neither here nor there.
They are fit for 2 completely different purposes and shouldn't be
compared as such, Classes are for object orientated approaches, modules
aren't.
Nick.
"Abubakar" <Ab******@discu ssions.microsof t.com> wrote in message
news:92******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com... Hello,
Module in vb.net has everything of a "shared" nature. Once delared it'll
be
there throughout the lifetime and instanciated at the start of the
application. This kindof approach introduces too many global variables,
which
is not good and as the program grows you'll have a lot of variabes which
belong to the whole program and you kind of kill the concept of
encapsulation, etc,. Use of classes is however an ideal approach where you
think before daclarating and have association-ship as to what variable
belongs to which class and is there for what purpose. You should avoid
using
modules, i think they are there only for compatibility with older versions
of
VB.
hope that helps.
Abubakar.
http://joehacker.blogspot.com
"A_PK" wrote:
Hi,
I am a VB.net beginner, I do not know what are the major difference
between
Module vs Class.
Could someone guide me when is the best situation to use Module or Class.
I have no idea when should I use module or class, because no matter i use
module or class, i always could get the results that are what i want. but
just the declare and calling method is a bit different.
Regards
Chong
Very loosely speaking:
Anything that requires more than one instance - think Class.
If you want to share a set of functions/subs and properties use a module -
so long as you don't require multiple instances of the same thing (or object).
OO purists will always say (perhaps) think Class.
You should read up on Classes and OOP though.
"A_PK" wrote: Hi,
I am a VB.net beginner, I do not know what are the major difference between
Module vs Class.
Could someone guide me when is the best situation to use Module or Class.
I have no idea when should I use module or class, because no matter i use
module or class, i always could get the results that are what i want. but
just the declare and calling method is a bit different.
Regards
Chong
Hello Nak,
object-orientation is the ultimate goal. Look at the design of vb.net as
compared to vb6 and before: "everything inside a class". And I was saying
that also because if you see the internal implementation of the modules in
vb.net ie at the IL level, you'll see that its nothing but a class with
shared fields and methods. You can still go for non-object oriented approach
but changing your approach and thinking in object-oriented ways will always
help you if you havnt done that before.
Hope that helps.
Abubakar. http://joehacker.blogspot.com
"Nak" wrote: Hi Abubakar,
Modules are not for legacy compatability. There will allways be the
need for modules, and it's certainly not bad programming practice to take
advantage of them. They are great for storing utility methods or global
constants for example. Some people *like* to use classes with shared
members to achieve the same effect but this is neither here nor there.
They are fit for 2 completely different purposes and shouldn't be
compared as such, Classes are for object orientated approaches, modules
aren't.
Nick.
"Abubakar" <Ab******@discu ssions.microsof t.com> wrote in message
news:92******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com... Hello,
Module in vb.net has everything of a "shared" nature. Once delared it'll
be
there throughout the lifetime and instanciated at the start of the
application. This kindof approach introduces too many global variables,
which
is not good and as the program grows you'll have a lot of variabes which
belong to the whole program and you kind of kill the concept of
encapsulation, etc,. Use of classes is however an ideal approach where you
think before daclarating and have association-ship as to what variable
belongs to which class and is there for what purpose. You should avoid
using
modules, i think they are there only for compatibility with older versions
of
VB.
hope that helps.
Abubakar.
http://joehacker.blogspot.com
"A_PK" wrote:
Hi,
I am a VB.net beginner, I do not know what are the major difference
between
Module vs Class.
Could someone guide me when is the best situation to use Module or Class.
I have no idea when should I use module or class, because no matter i use
module or class, i always could get the results that are what i want. but
just the declare and calling method is a bit different.
Regards
Chong
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