[AccessD] FW: Examples In Best Coding VB.net

[Paul Hartland]

I mentioned earlier that I was thinking of trying to port the Access
application over to SQL Server Express and C# going to give it all a good
look tomorrow and will probably go down the C# route as I used to do C many
years ago

On 20 October 2016 at 17:29, Lawrence Mrazek <lmrazek at lcm-res.com> wrote:

> Paul:
>
> Good luck with your switch. Have you considered moving to C# instead of
> VB.NET? Asking because (I've found) most of the code examples seem to be
> written in C#. I've programmed in both, and also found the transition from
> linear to OOP was the biggest hurdle.
>
> Microsoft's virtual academy (free) and Pluralsight are great resources for
> training.
>
> Larry Mrazek
> lmrazek at lcm-res.com
>
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 7:13 AM, Paul Hartland via AccessD <
> accessd at databaseadvisors.com> wrote:
>
> > Thats what I seem to struggle with the most as I was VB6 and VBA, I seem
> to
> > struggle with the framework and classes and sure the one or two little
> > applications I have wrote can be a lot better
> >
> >
> > On 20 October 2016 at 13:07, Jim Dettman <jimdettman at verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >  I should have added to that switching from traditional linear
> > programming
> > > to OOP is the other major hurtle.
> > >
> > > Jim.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jim Dettman [mailto:jimdettman at verizon.net]
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2016 08:06 AM
> > > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> > > Subject: RE: [AccessD] Examples In Best Coding VB.net
> > >
> > >
> > > <<VB.NET may look like Visual Basic but it is very different, >>
> > >
> > >  Not sure I would agree with that.   VB.NET is certainly a lot closer
> to
> > > VBA
> > > than C#.
> > >
> > >  Really the learning curve with .Net is learning the framework and all
> > the
> > > classes more so than the language.
> > >
> > > Jim.
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf
> Of
> > > Gustav Brock
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2016 04:13 AM
> > > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> > > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Examples In Best Coding VB.net
> > >
> > > Hi Paul
> > >
> > > I would strongly advise to get some basics first because just jumping
> > into
> > > it will quickly turn out to be quite confusing as there are so many
> ways
> > to
> > > solve tasks.
> > >
> > > A good and free source is MVA, Microsoft Virtual Academy:
> > >
> > > https://mva.microsoft.com
> > >
> > > An intro-course in VB.NET is here:
> > >
> > > https://mva.microsoft.com/en-US/training-courses/visual-
> > > basic-fundamentals-f
> > > or-absolute-beginners-16507
> > >
> > > That said, you should consider moving to C#. VB.NET may look like
> Visual
> > > Basic but it is very different, so there really isn't much to carry
> over
> > > from VBA, and there is so much more code and advice out there for C#
> than
> > > for VB.NET.
> > >
> > > And don't forget the free Visual Studio 2015 Community edition:
> > >
> > > https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/community/
> > >
> > > and to sign up to our list:
> > >
> > > Development in Visual Studio <dba-vs at databaseadvisors.com>
> > >
> > > /gustav
> > >
> > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> > > Fra: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af
> > > Paul
> > > Hartland via AccessD
> > > Sendt: 20. oktober 2016 09:12
> > > Til: Access List <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>; Development in Visual
> > > Studio <dba-vs at databaseadvisors.com>
> > > Cc: Paul Hartland <paul.hartland at googlemail.com>
> > > Emne: [AccessD] Examples In Best Coding VB.net
> > >
> > > To all,
> > >
> > > Being self-taught and not had much time to actually spend with VB.net I
> > now
> > > find myself with a little time to try and learn it properly, don;t
> really
> > > want to go through a step-by-step learning process, I seem to be able
> to
> > > pick things up quicker through working examples etc.  So could anyone
> > point
> > > me in the right direction for (should I say) best coding examples,
> > doesn't
> > > have to be massive just would like to see the best and most effiicient
> > ways
> > > to link even a single form to a SQL Server BE, say a name and address
> > form.
> > > I have looked using searches and so many examples out there with
> > different
> > > ways, but I trust the people on here to guide me in the right
> direction,
> > as
> > > I believe just a simple form that will show me the best way to select,
> > > update, delete and insert records is enough to start me.
> > >
> > > The reason I am after this is that I have a Access manufacturing
> process
> > > application dedicated to a certain industry and want to rewrite it in
> > > vb.net
> > > and SQL as well, I could probably get something up and running but want
> > it
> > > to be as slick as it can be as I may look at selling it afterwards.
> > >
> > > Thank you so much for any help in advance.
> > >
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Paul Hartland
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