jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Mon Oct 26 16:04:51 CDT 2009
I wouldn't exactly say throw in the towel. I continue to do Access work, though I do it in Access 2003, not 2007. If I ever get a client that dictates 2007 then I will go there but how many years later, no such client. I do expect it eventually though. In the meantime I am learning C#.Net. C# is much more powerful in many ways, and if future jobs allow me to choose between C# and Access 2007 (or beyond) you better believe I will use C# rather than Access. I am a programmer at heart. I love what a computer can do with code. I am a database analyst second. In terms of PROGRAMMING capabilities, Access is in fact a "toy LANGUAGE" compared to the .Net environment. C#.Net and VBA for Access are simply not in the same league, and the .Net capability keeps expanding whereas Access gives us... pretty toolbars and macros. Many apps need a database, however IMHO NO app REQUIRES Access. Simple apps MIGHT be faster to develop in Access, I will not know until I am fluent in C#. I have done enough complex application development to know that Access applications can reach a point where expanding it further gets ugly. We shall see where this thing leads us. As I mentioned in another email, I fully expect to be doing this stuff for at LEAST another 15 years maybe more. I intend to be C# capable should that be a better choice. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Tony Septav wrote: > Hey All > You guys/gals are scaring me again. > I don't understand this continuous discussion of the demise of Access. > If you can produce a sound stable application, it really does not matter > what platform you develop it in. The client is the final determining > factor, if they are happy then you are happy. I still have a couple of > applications out there running under Access97, they work and the client > is happy. > I updated to Access 2003 on the advise from this list, and avoided > Access2007. > And interesting enough, in the last couple of weeks I have been bashed > by the Oracle developers who have said again "Oh you are using that > toy, Access". My come back was " Okay give me a project and let us > take the gloves off and see who produces the best project", no takers. > On the other end "Yes I may be falling behind", but it is only marketing > that is dictating what is the new flavour of the week. If you do your > job and you do it well, who cares what marketing tells you. > > Everyday I see so much extraordinary work done by the individuals on > this list and I am constatntly amazed. Why is everyone so willing to > throw in the towel. >