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

>I'm really not saying that brackets are difficult or even confusing

Neither am I. This is correct Drew (snuggling up again)...

I just thing  that they are so  unnecessary and clutter the screen when what
I was to see if the code,  not pretty curlers.

I have seen programmers put Tabs chars of 4 or even 6 so the code can
indent.  Huh,  2 is quite  sufficient thank you and 1 will do. I can see an
indent without being smacking in the  face with it.

Horses for courses.

Max


-----Original Message-----
From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Drew Wutka
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:06 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

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

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[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
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