[AccessD] Moving to .Net (was Ded Moroz sends you ...)

Hi Dan

It appeared to me that to equip VB.NET with the same options than C#, MS have had to push the VB (or BASIC) syntax beyond its original intention: to be a simple language easy to learn and easy to use. Even with my solid VBA background I found it difficult to read VB.NET and I realised that a lot of learning was required. Given this task, I wondered if this wasn't the time to learn something really new to me, C#. 
Highly inspired by Shamil and the fact that about 95% of all code you meet when you look for code and tutorials about Visual Studio and .Net, and that the popularity of C# had to have a reason, I made the decision to go for C#. As everyone, I had a time struggling with the curly brackets, but once you get over it and begin to see the picture of the code, that picture is a beauty. I cannot explain it, but it just gives me more pleasure to write C# than VBA. Well, one reason is probably that I find it more well thought-out for the purpose - you really feel that this language is written by programmers (actually some of the best of this world) for programmers.

This is just my opinion and preference. There really is no "best" language - I still write a batch file now and then - and everyone should pick what they like.

/gustav


>>> df.waters at comcast.net 02-01-2011 22:26 >>>
Hi Gustav,

What was it about C# where you liked its syntax better than VB.Net?
Especially coming from a VB6/Access background?

Also - in C# prior to 2010 version, how did you work around not having optional parameters?

Thanks!
Dan

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Subject: Re: [AccessD] Moving to .Net (was Ded Moroz sends you ...)

Hi Dan

Don't know, but I did. And switched to C# to learn something new and because I didn't like the syntax of VB.NET.

/gustav


>>> df.waters at comcast.net 02-01-2011 19:48 >>>

.. But how many VB6 or Access developers (who loved VB6 and/or Access) have moved to .Net?