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

Arthur,

Sorry for my asking - why would you like to install Express version when you have Pro already installed? I mean Pro version is much more powerful/developer-friendly than Express version etc.

Thank you.

--
Shamil

-----Original Message-----
From: Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 09:14:10 -0400
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.
> > >
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