William Hindman
wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com
Sat Mar 13 11:47:53 CST 2010
gustav ...there are so many such goodies in VS that you can't even cover the highlights in a single post. William -------------------------------------------------- From: "Gustav Brock" <Gustav at cactus.dk> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 12:33 PM To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Visual Studio Express (was: Treeview/ListviewOCXDisabledby MS) > Hi John and William > > And let us not forget to mention the fabulous implementing of IntelliSense > which is driven to an extreme in Visual Studio. > > /gustav > > >>>> jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com 13-03-2010 17:28 >>> > I second pretty much everything William said, EXCEPT that I did not find > C# syntax all that trivial > to pick up. But like William I forced myself to do it and I am happy I > did. > > John W. Colby > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > > William Hindman wrote: >> ...vb.net and c#.net are virtually identical in their capabilities >> ...only >> the syntax is significantly different in the latest versions and you'll >> pick >> that up fairly quickly ...learning the net framework is the major effort, >> not the language you choose to work in ...I started in vb.net because the >> syntax seemed more familiar but that's really an illusion since it's very >> different from vba in reality ...I've since moved to forcing myself to >> work >> in c#.net because 1) that's where the work is and 2) that's what ~70% or >> more of the on-line responses and sample code are written in ...and I >> live >> on sample code ...besides which, there are some very good (and free) >> on-line >> translators between the two now ...if I were starting over in net I'd >> pass >> on vb.net and go straight to c#.net >> >> ...if I recall correctly, you're an unbounder in Access and that will >> make >> the transition to VS a lot simpler than it was for a bounder like me >> ...and >> if you're learning by converting an existing Access app as I did, you can >> use the current mdb be as your database while you learn VS, then learn >> SQL >> Server once you've gotten past the major VS learning curve ...the >> conversion >> to SS is pretty straight forward in VS. >> >> ...forms design paradigm in net is different than Access and takes more >> time >> ...but once you get the hang of it, the framework allows virtually >> infinite >> capabilities that Access can't begin to match ...as gustav mentioned, >> there >> are literally dozens of ways to accomplish almost anything in net ...and >> tools, tools, tools, and more tools ...which can be a pita until you work >> out your own preferences ...I started with the express version and then >> upgraded to VS2008 Pro ...and it looks like VS2010 is an even better >> product >> ...I can't begin to tell you how much I like working in VS compared to >> Access ...MS put a lot of their best talent into developing this product. >> >> ...dba runs a vb list that has really become a c# list of late even >> though >> the name remains ...join and you'll find gustav, jc, and others you'll >> recognize already there. >> >> William > > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >