[AccessD] OT: FrontPage Websites

Drew,

I'd evaluate that VB.NET/C# program would be two times and sometimes just
20% the size (in code lines) of the similar functionality VB6 program: I did
program a lot on VB6 for money during last years - and I'm so happy I do not
need to do that now at all...

And this is not inheritance, which makes this difference...

Just talking from my experience - try VB.NET (better C# as the main
development language and VB.NET when you'll need late binding) - I can bet
you'll soon forget VB6 as a "nightmare" - I'd call the times of VBA and VB6
as "dark ages" promoted by MS and that "ancient" times when VBA only started
to get widespread use and VB was only in its VB4 version (no custom classes
AFAIKR) this world have had Java already - and C# has got a lot from Java
and brought many new features - just partial classes are so convenient for
business programming when one have quite some code generated and can add
custom functionality by using partial classes and regenerate "heap" stuff
painlessly when data model changes etc...

There are so many productivity tools for C#/VB.Net one have never seen for
VB6...

Etc.


--
Shamil
 

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Drew Wutka
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 10:16 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: FrontPage Websites

Just as a correction, it's not asp/VBScript.  I use a combination of asp
and VB 6.0.

I have used VB.Net.  It's ok.  There is nothing I can't do in VB 6, that
VB.Net can do.  Yes, VB.Net using inheritance.... which is an undeniable
perk, however, I have developed so much stuff in VB 6, it is very rare
when inheritance would actually improve what I am doing.

So I build my database (usually Access, occasionally SQL Server), I
build the business logic in VB, and I build the interface with asp.

Drew