[dba-Tech] Access vs. .NET

Steven,

What VS.NET version do you use and what is your PC?
I've found VS.NET 2003 as RAD as MS Access or even more...
For professional programming of course not for making toys...
They say that VS.NET 2005 is outstanding comparing it with VS.NET 2003.
I haven't yet seen/touced VS.NET 2005...

> It ain't quite that bad but I've never had to buy so many
>  reference books and have them open at the same time.
Why not use VS.NET's dynamic help with MSDN.NET?

> Anybody else with a less florid description of .NET development?
I think as soon as you get comfortable with VS.NET you'll change your
opinion about  it...

Shamil

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven W. Erbach" <serbach at new.rr.com>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues"
<dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 8:06 PM
Subject: [dba-Tech] Access vs. .NET


> Dear Group,
>
> For what it's worth, I've come up with a suitable metaphor to describe the
difference between writing an application in Microsoft Access and writing
that same application using .NET technologies.
>
> Microsoft Access is like living in a luxury hotel with hot and cold
running chamber maids, laundry service, shoe shining service, room service,
beds made every day, carpet vacuumed every day, fresh flowers every day,
fresh linen, those nifty little soaps and bottles of shampoo, Magic Fingers
massage bed, chocolates on the pillow, and your favorite newspaper unfolded
to the financial page for you.
>
> .NET is like clearing a wooded hillside to build a vacation cottage. But
first you have to learn how to operate a bulldozer to clear the woods. Then
you have to figure out for yourself the most efficient use of block and
tackle to haul the trees out of the way. Oh, did I mention that you have to
build a road to the site first? Then you need to stack the logs onto a truck
and drive it yourself to the sawmill so that you can saw the logs into
boards to use to build your house. You might want to learn how to smelt
metal so that you can make your own nails and hammer and such...
>
> It ain't quite that bad but I've never had to buy so many reference books
and have them open at the same time.
>
> Anybody else with a less florid description of .NET development?
>
> Steve Erbach
> Neenah, WI
>
>
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