[AccessD] OT:Old Dog, New Tricks

Thanks JW
It may be a brave new world but it is scary.

jwcolby wrote:

> > 1. To finally get my Web Page (I designed it over 2 years ago) up 
> and running. It is nothing fancy but how can I be a credible 
> programmer when I can't direct a client to my Web Page.
>
> When you are done with yours, how about fixing up mine?  ;)
>
> > 2. Start learning VB.Net. I know some of you favour VB.C+ but I am 
> an old dog and I didn't want to tackle any thing too foreign.
>
> As I said many times, pick a .net language, *any* language, and get 
> started.  VB.Net is a fine language, you will love it after not too long.
>
> I would suggest that you take a course at your local college.  This 
> gives you immediate projects to complete, homework that has to be 
> done, other students to learn with etc.
>
> > Let me tell you I have been struggling with VB.Net. I am pretty 
> proficient in getting Access to do what I want. Now I have to learn a 
> whole new bag of tricks. It didn't help that some of the first 
> tutorials I looked at kept trying to show me how to display "Hello 
> World" on the console.
>
> It is a bit frustrating at first, partly because it is tough to do the 
> database stuff until you get comfortable with the environment itself.  
> We all want to start at virtuoso and that definitely ain't happening 
> with .Net.
>
> If you haven't already, join the vb list.  A lot of the .Net only 
> stuff goes by on that list.
>
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
> On 1/11/2011 1:28 PM, Tony Septav wrote:
>
>> Hey All
>> Happy New Year.
>> Well after reading your online intriquing and interesting chats and 
>> advice I have decided
>> 1. To finally get my Web Page (I designed it over 2 years ago) up and 
>> running. It is nothing fancy
>> but how can I be a credible programmer when I can't direct a client 
>> to my Web Page.
>> 2. Start learning VB.Net. I know some of you favour VB.C+ but I am an 
>> old dog and I didn't want to
>> tackle any thing too foreign. I hope to have my first application out 
>> of here by the end of January.
>> Just kidding.
>> Let me tell you I have been struggling with VB.Net. I am pretty 
>> proficient in getting Access to do
>> what I want. Now I have to learn a whole new bag of tricks. It didn't 
>> help that some of the first
>> tutorials I looked at kept trying to show me how to display "Hello 
>> World" on the console. I finally
>> found one that showed me how to link to an Acess MDB and design a 
>> form with navigation, add new and
>> delete buttons. So now I am off and running. I still get frustrated 
>> because I know what I want to do
>> but at this point I don't know how to do it in VB.Net. But I keep 
>> remembering something I read years
>> ago. It went something like this.
>> Ted and Paul are having a conversation. Paul says "I would really 
>> like to learn how to play the
>> piano, but I hear it takes about 5 years to really learn how to play 
>> it well, I just don't think I
>> have the time". Ted thinks about it for a moment and then realizes 
>> that Paul had said the same thing
>> to him 5 years ago.
>> So hopefully I can persevere and catch up to you guys. I just hope it 
>> doesn't take me 5 years.
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