[AccessD] William Hindman (Re: Visual Basic 2008 Express & VB.NET)

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

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From: "Susan Harkins" <ssharkins at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 12:05 PM
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
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Subject: [AccessD] William Hindman (Re: Visual Basic 2008 Express & 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.
>
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