Arthur Fuller
fuller.artful at gmail.com
Sat Mar 14 08:14:10 CDT 2009
William, Can one install Express side by side with the full version? I have the VS Pro edition installed already and have been meaning to get around to it, but seem to spend all my time in SQL Server instead. I have to do something about that :) A. On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 2:41 AM, William Hindman < wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com> wrote: > Susan > > ...try these for beginner level stuff > > http://www.microsoft.com/express/vb/default.aspx > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/beginner/bb308760.aspx > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/beginner/default.aspx > > ...and not that you asked, but if it were me doing it all over again I'd > skip the vb.net stuff and go straight to c#.net > ...there really isn't that much difference in the syntax and elsewise the > learning curve is the same > ...and what you'll find in the end is that there are far, far more "good" > code samples available in c#.net than vb.net > ...I let the C# scare me off at first, assuming that vb.net would be like > vb/vba ...but it just isn't > ...and when you get into it, you'll find answers in c# that just don't > exist > in vb and then start using the free translation sites > ...and when you see the c#.net code you input come out in vb.net, it will > dawn on you that the structure and logic is the same, only the syntax > differs > ...so why spend the time learning the vb.net syntax when you're eventually > going to start writing in c# anyway if you're serious about learning dotnet > > ...I know, I know ...but I'm going to remind you I told you so one of these > days :) > > William > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Susan Harkins" <ssharkins at gmail.com> > Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 12:05 PM > To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > Subject: [AccessD] William Hindman (Re: Visual Basic 2008 Express & VB.NET<http://vb.net/> > ) > > > I know this is a really old subject -- but William, you mentioned the > MS > > dotnet learning site -- I can't find it, do you have a link? What I'm > > turning up is way over my head, definitely not beginner stuff. > > > > Susan H. > > > >> ...before you buy a book (Susan will kill me for this) try the MS dotnet > >> learning site first ...they have literally dozens of free walk though > >> videos > >> with downloadable code ...a step above the normal quality for MS ...I've > >> got > >> hundreds of books collecting dust from other products over the years but > >> not > >> one on VS2008 so far even though its now my full time development > >> environment (with the exception of legacy Access dbs that I still > support > >> and am working on converting) ...point being that imnsho, the quality > and > >> accessibility of free and low cost on-line learning resources now makes > >> most > >> tech books obsolete ...and I'd be the first to admit I love books. > > > > -- > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >