William Hindman
wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com
Sat Mar 14 08:38:35 CDT 2009
Arthur ...don't know ...I removed Express before installing VSP '8 ...can't think of a reason to run them side-by-side but if I wanted to install it again, I'd do it on a virtual pc. ...did I mention how much I love vpc? ...makes things like this sooooooo easy! :) ...and how can anyone complain about getting paid to live and work in Bermuda ...especially a Canuck in wintertime? :) ...btw ...anyone wanting to learn c# and visual studio in the real world should watch Shamil and group at work over in dba-vb :) William -------------------------------------------------- From: "Arthur Fuller" <fuller.artful at gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 9:14 AM To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Subject: Re: [AccessD] William Hindman (Re: Visual Basic 2008 Express &VB.NET) > 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 >> > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >