[dba-VB] Recent Discussion from MS on VB.Net and C# in VS 2010

I could have sworn that VB.Net had collapsible regions too.... but
again, it was years ago.

I hear you on the code examples.  First starting in VB, I did just as
much as everyone else.  However, as time went on, the only real examples
I ever looked for were API examples (like which arguments to use for
what).  Got pretty good and understanding the intricacies of taking API
calls from other languages and using them in VB.

As for the bracket issue, I'm really not saying that brackets are
difficult or even confusing.  I've actually done several things in php,
and even more in javascript.  I find them a nuisance, but that's about
it, simply because I just find the VB method more intuitive to how I
think.  So that's simply a personal preference.

Drew

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[mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William
Hindman
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 2:21 PM
To: 'Discussion concerning Visual Basic and related programming issues.'
Subject: Re: [dba-VB] Recent Discussion from MS on VB.Net and C# in VS
2010

...not just MORE code examples, Max ...a whole lot more ...it was so bad

when I was first learning .Net that I was forced to decipher numerous C#

samples (thank god for the free web translators) ...and in the process
it 
became evident that although the syntax was different, it wasn't THAT 
different ...and then it dawned on me that I could intermix vb.net with 
c#.net in the same project and VS didn't care ...so much so that I
stopped 
translating and started just using C# when that was what I had ...and
then 
it became rote to do some things in C# and others in vb.net ...which is 
basically where I am today.

...I use whatever is most productive for me ...if I knew then what I
know 
now, I'd have never wasted a minute learning vb.net ...not because its
any 
less capable than C#, but because its in much wider use among those 
producing the type of code I need and therefore much, much more sample
code 
is available in it.

...that is the reason you find me saying C# when people new to net ask
which 
they should learn.

...I don't like the brackets any better than anyone else coming from the
vb 
world ...but I love regions ...it's a trade off ...and the brackets are
not 
nearly as hard to read as you, Charlotte, and Drew are positing ...once
you 
get past the short learning curve, they're second nature.

William
p.s. ...anagnorisis IS a cool word ...had to look it up as well ...have
to 
pass that one on to Pamela ;)
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