yes the same holds true for someone coming from Java or C++ to VB
I dont know how many times I asked what var means or how to add components
to a build file such as adding a target to ant task or how do I get a ptr to
an object in VB?
Thanks to gert driesen for his nant project which answers the 2nd item
On the subject of doc ..I find any specifics about VB quite difficult to
locate and blogs are not nearly as numerous as java
I would strongly encourage every academic institution to replace their VB
offerings with .NET to prepare their students for current as well as future
markets (in general)
and the OOD world (specifically)
Thanks Frank,
M-
----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank W. Zammetti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Tomcat Users List" <users@tomcat.apache.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: From Java to C#, ASP.NET [Off Topic]
Martin Gainty wrote:
we just inherited some vb code that accomplishes a cryptography algorithm
just to get this to run under windoze took me 4 hours..the lack of VB doc
was the blocking factor
or maybe its probably because Im not a VB guy and never will be
btw that same functionality can be accomplished with java libraries in
under 1 hour
Doesn't sound like a fair comparison to me... give me someone who's not a
"Java guy", like your not a VB guy, and ask them to do the same thing...
it may well take the same amount of time. Your right in that the
functionality is easier in Java, but would someone who isn't versed in
Java know that, or be able to figure it out quite as fast? I doubt it.
why?
there are opensource sites located world-wide in other words
A little digging and some hard work on anyone's part will always get you
an answer
I cannot say the same thing for VB
Are you talking VB or VB.Net? If your talking VB, you aren't looking in
the right places. There is *plenty* of readily-available knowledge out
there about VB.
VB.Net is a different story... it's newer, and the resources haven't had
time to build up to the same level (true in general for .Net). Give it
another year or two and see what's out there. I think it'll be
comparable.
BTW: (VB).Net is an example of market forces pushing a company MS to
develop a product (.NET) that meets marketplace need
I for one welcome MS into the OOA/OOD world
I agree. And, this is one of the rare times that MS got it closer to
right than wrong the very first time. It's not perfect, I don't think
anyone is claiming it is (no one worth listening to anyway), but 1.0
wasn't bad at all, and 2.0 improves things from everything I've heard (I'm
only a casual .Net user myself).
Frank
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