Should I get VB.NET Standard?

[CrazyHelloDeli]

They have it at Best Buy, and ive always wanted to make some cool utilities for fun and whatnot, but am I joking myself? I mean, is it possible to learn on weekends and whenever I feel like it, or is it somthing that requires extensive training? Yeah yeah, I know it all depends on if I can think logically and whatnot(I love those logic mind bender type puzzles) but hypothetically, would I ever be able to create utilities teaching myself?

 

[yoda291]

GO FOR IT!!!


hehe. It might take a while, but you can definitely learn to do useful things in a programming language on your own...you just have to want it enough. I taught myself java(granted, I was well grounded in c++ at the time), but now I've been coding enterprise level applications! Boggles my mind everytime I load up my IDE.

 

[sitka]

Self taught here too, but rather than buy a full package swing by MSDN and get VS.Net for $10.00 delivery (90day version) nice on a dvd with all the docs.

 

[Rahminator]

Sure go for it. VB is ridiculously easy and you will probably learn all the basics in one day.

 

[sitka]

Here is the link

reserve your copy today

 

[coder1]

VB is a great language to learn. One of the more popular languages. Especially for Enterprise applications

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

I'm getting a free, fully registered version on Thursday at Microsoft's .NET conference that's coming to town I'm also getting a free version of WinXP Pro.

nik (wants to fool around with .NET)

 

[joohang]

.NET rocks. Go for it and have fun.

 

[sitka]

<< VB is ridiculously easy and you will probably learn all the basics in one day. >>



now that is ridiculous

 

[Descartes]

Keep in mind, that you don't need Visual Studio.NET to program in VB.NET. You only need the framework SDK and a decent editor. I started with C# and VB.NET about a year ago, and I spent the first few months building most of my stuff in vim/Ultraedit then compiling from the CLI. Of course, if you can get VS.NET, do so! It's one of the best IDEs I have worked with to date...

 

[Executor]

its pretty sweet. I got the enterprise edition and the only problem are a few incompatibilites like with the nvSDK. I also dont know where to but the .dat files that specify keywords (ex. keywords for coding 3dsmax plugins)

 

[Jingoro]

What use is .net if you're starting out? Wouldn't it be easier to use the standard VB/VC++ etc editions?

 

[safoo]

i got my .net stuff today at the microsoft event at ucla. theres some pretty powerful features built into it....but i dont really know how much of it i will be able to utilize......its still cool to have. i got Visual studio 6.0 the whole set last year too from microsoft....

 

[Sestar]

VB.NET developer here, here's the deal, this language is diffrent from VB 6, in fact its similar to C#(almost same thing actually). I say go for it, it's a fun language, and VS.NET is great.

 

[CrazyHelloDeli]

By golly, im going for it! I figured it might come in real handy, and if I get good, I can put it on my resume. Thx guys!

 

[joohang]

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<< VB is ridiculously easy and you will probably learn all the basics in one day. >>



now that is ridiculous >>


Hehe. Well.. it's true to some extent. If one only plans to build a "Hello World" app with an Open File dialog window.

 

[Pocatello]

Easy to learn, hard to master. That's what I'd learned from VB 6.