Hello,
1. Is anybody building Stand-Alone Apps with VB.NET in the real world?
2. If using VB.NET, are you using the new functionalities of VB.NET or
using VB 6.0 functionality?
3. How are you remembering all the VB.NET Syntax? I use to open my VB 6
and start coding to build apps for customers. With VB.NET, I can no longer
to this. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Sharrukin 10 1436
1. Yes, very much so.
2. Yes, most definately.
3. Practice, study, google, time.
4. As with any new skill, see point 3.
"Sharrukin Amiri" <sh*******@amtekcenter.com> wrote in message
news:DB********************@news20.bellglobal.com. .. Hello,
1. Is anybody building Stand-Alone Apps with VB.NET in the real world?
2. If using VB.NET, are you using the new functionalities of VB.NET or using VB 6.0 functionality?
3. How are you remembering all the VB.NET Syntax? I use to open my VB 6 and start coding to build apps for customers. With VB.NET, I can no longer to this. Any suggestions? Thanks!
Sharrukin
1. Yes. Several. For a few years now.
2. Only the VB.Net functionality. A deliberate effort to NOT use any
VB6 usages (I even removed Microsoft.VisualBasic from the project
imports)
3. Same as learning anything new. Lots of practice.
Same as changing from anything - deliberate effort to avoid
back-sliding.
Use only streams for input-ouput
Use only ADO.Net for database access.
Think of the application in terms of interrelating
classes/objects instead of a set of forms backed by code modules.
There are no silver bullets for learning a new language especially when
moving from a procedural (sorry, object based) one to an OO one.
Don't know of any books that I would recommend but you can try
This newsgroup (and the related ones) www.gotdotnet.com
msdn.micrsoft.com
Alan.
"Sharrukin Amiri" <sh*******@amtekcenter.com> schrieb: 2. If using VB.NET, are you using the new functionalities of VB.NET or using VB 6.0 functionality?
I prefer VB.NET's own methods (the ones which are similar to those known
from VB6) over the .NET Framework's methods, for example, when doing string
manipulation.
3. How are you remembering all the VB.NET Syntax? I use to open my VB 6 and start coding to build apps for customers. With VB.NET, I can no longer to this. Any suggestions?
It seems that you are lacking experience with VB.NET ;-).
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1. Yes, definitely. Huge and complex ones...
2. Definitely the latest. 6.0 is worse than useless (he said donning his
flameproof trousers)
3. VB syntax is too convoluted. I still need to look things up. Practice
makes perfect though.
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"Sharrukin Amiri" <sh*******@amtekcenter.com> wrote in message
news:DB********************@news20.bellglobal.com. .. Hello,
1. Is anybody building Stand-Alone Apps with VB.NET in the real world?
2. If using VB.NET, are you using the new functionalities of VB.NET or using VB 6.0 functionality?
3. How are you remembering all the VB.NET Syntax? I use to open my VB 6 and start coding to build apps for customers. With VB.NET, I can no longer to this. Any suggestions? Thanks!
Sharrukin
> 2. Definitely the latest. 6.0 is worse than useless (he said donning his flameproof trousers)
Nice Troll. Excellently done. :)
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Peace & happy computing,
Mike Labosh, MCSD
"Mr. McKittrick, after very careful consideration, I have
come to the conclusion that this new system SUCKS."
-- General Barringer, "War Games"
Bob Powell [MVP] wrote: 1. Yes, definitely. Huge and complex ones...
2. Definitely the latest. 6.0 is worse than useless (he said donning his flameproof trousers)
Any tips for another soul trying to develop a complex application?
I've noticed that things are slow(er) than I expected - but I might have
been expecting too much. Any comments on improving performance (on
simple things like showing a window with quite a few controls on it, etc).
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Slow to start forms and apps are a feature of the .NET model because it
relys on JIT compilers.
Either get used to it or pre-compile using NGEN the native image generator.
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Visual C#, System.Drawing
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news:uT**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... Bob Powell [MVP] wrote: 1. Yes, definitely. Huge and complex ones...
2. Definitely the latest. 6.0 is worse than useless (he said donning his flameproof trousers)
Any tips for another soul trying to develop a complex application?
I've noticed that things are slow(er) than I expected - but I might have been expecting too much. Any comments on improving performance (on simple things like showing a window with quite a few controls on it, etc).
-- - Mitchell Vincent - kBilling - Invoices Made Easy! - http://www.k-billing.com
Mitchell, I've noticed that things are slow(er) than I expected - but I might have been expecting too much. Any comments on improving performance (on simple things like showing a window with quite a few controls on it, etc).
That expection I had with every new version from whatever after the Gamma 10
However there was forever so much functionality added that all performance
was eaten up by that.
(Did you ever see what everytime more and more is needed for computers for
new Games).
As one posibility to make thins slow, I hope that you did not use the "show"
to quick or to often.
By instance not in your load event. Screenpainting is in a modern
application the most performance consuming part that you don't see in your
program.
Cor
Alan, 2. A deliberate effort to NOT use any VB6 usages
Agreed.
(I even removed Microsoft.VisualBasic from the project imports)
Which doesn't actually make a /lot/ of difference, since the compiler
itself makes use of it behind your back. ;-)
My biggest qualm /against/ removing MS.VB is that I'm [still] stuck
doing quite a lot with tab-delimited files. Without ControlChars.Tab
or plain, old vbTab, just where /do/ you get hold of a readonly,
String constant containing the ASCII character 0x09?
Or do you have to rewrite that as well?
Regards,
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