[dba-VB] Which version of Visual Studio

Apart from anything else, I think you should just take the plunge and start
using C#.  It appears to be the language of choice for .Net developers.
 Whenever you search for for .Net programming advice on the web, 99% of the
explanations and examples will be in C#.

The transition from VB to C# will be, from my experience at least, a tiny
part of the brain exploding transition from Access/VBA to .Net.

And if you're thinking of making web apps, my advice would be to start
right in using MVC3.  I built a couple of apps for clients using ASP.Net
Webforms, and I found the whole system to be really difficult to work with.
 I thought it was just my advanced years and calcified brain, but I've
started working with MVC and it is, to my mind, much more straightforward.

Doug

On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 6:00 PM, newsgrps <newsgrps at dalyn.co.nz> wrote:

> Ok - Here goes for my first post to this group.
>
> I currently have Visual Studio 2005 Professional installed which I have
> done some playing around on.  I know this is getting a little old (like
> me).  I am wanting to get more familiar with dot net and application
> development.
>
> Should I continue to use this to get more familiar with the dot net
> environment or should I get a later version (if so which one?).  What are
> the advantages/disadvantages of each approach (apart from cost which is a
> big disincentive).  The Express Visual Studio 2010 products don't seem to
> have enough features (for example the one dot net web application I do
> support is in vb.net but VS 2010 Express documentation doesn't seem to
> indicate that vb.net is included).
>
> Regards
>
> David Emerson
> Dalyn Software Ltd
> Wellington, New Zealand
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