VB.Net and future

[Santosh D. Singh]

I am a VB Programmer on intermediate level.

With VB.Net knocking on our door i started to wonder, is it really worth
for me and my future to invest my time learning more about VB 6.0 or should
i utilise this time reading and elarning VB.Net which is going to be future
(according to many gurus)

Time management and proper utilisation of time is issue here.

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Warm regards

Santosh D. Singh.
Intec Information Technology Co. Ltd., Seoul, South Korea.
santoshdsingh@yahoo.com
santoshdsingh@hotmail.com
Ph.: (Office) +82-2-5689459
Do good things and all good things will happen to you.
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[Michael Q. Gautier]

There is a market for utilizing, maintaining VB 6 applications and there is
a market for creating new applications using VB.NET. VB.NET is the future
of future development, but VB 6 is still viable for existing systems.

[simon]

Santosh,

If you are not familiar with C++, Java, or any OO language, it is the time
to learn now. The new .NET languages are Object-Oriented (IMHO, I think
Microsoft is "copying" Java to "create" C#..... but that's another
discussion, ha). But if you already know C++ and Java, the learning curve
for the .NET languages is not very steep.

And if you are staying with the Microsoft technologies (my assumption),
there is no reason why you don't look into VB.NET right now. Remember this:
You will never score any touchdown by watching on the sideline! Just dive
in.

Hope this helps.

simon.

"Santosh D. Singh" <vbdestination@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3c26db41$1@147.208.176.211...
> I am a VB Programmer on intermediate level.
>
> With VB.Net knocking on our door i started to wonder, is it really
worth
> for me and my future to invest my time learning more about VB 6.0 or
should
> i utilise this time reading and elarning VB.Net which is going to be
future
> (according to many gurus)
>
> Time management and proper utilisation of time is issue here.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Warm regards
>
> Santosh D. Singh.
> Intec Information Technology Co. Ltd., Seoul, South Korea.
> santoshdsingh@yahoo.com
> santoshdsingh@hotmail.com
> Ph.: (Office) +82-2-5689459
> Do good things and all good things will happen to you.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>

[Nick]

.NET is a different programming paradigm altogether from VB6 or even C++.
VB.NET is NOT VB7. If you start digging in you will find a whole host of
things that are more different than they are alike.

My feeling is this: The clock has been reset to zero. You are on the same
level with .NET as EVERYONE else! Jump on now and get ahead of the curve
and be a VB.NET guru before others. You should have been investigating this
since Spring 2001. The .NET RC0 is not much different from Beta2.


"simon" <substring0NOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Santosh,
>
>If you are not familiar with C++, Java, or any OO language, it is the time
>to learn now. The new .NET languages are Object-Oriented (IMHO, I think
>Microsoft is "copying" Java to "create" C#..... but that's another
>discussion, ha). But if you already know C++ and Java, the learning curve
>for the .NET languages is not very steep.
>
>And if you are staying with the Microsoft technologies (my assumption),
>there is no reason why you don't look into VB.NET right now. Remember this:
>You will never score any touchdown by watching on the sideline! Just dive
>in.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>simon.
>
>"Santosh D. Singh" <vbdestination@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:3c26db41$1@147.208.176.211...
>> I am a VB Programmer on intermediate level.
>>
>> With VB.Net knocking on our door i started to wonder, is it really
>worth
>> for me and my future to invest my time learning more about VB 6.0 or
>should
>> i utilise this time reading and elarning VB.Net which is going to be
>future
>> (according to many gurus)
>>
>> Time management and proper utilisation of time is issue here.
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>> Warm regards
>>
>> Santosh D. Singh.
>> Intec Information Technology Co. Ltd., Seoul, South Korea.
>> santoshdsingh@yahoo.com
>> santoshdsingh@hotmail.com
>> Ph.: (Office) +82-2-5689459
>> Do good things and all good things will happen to you.
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>

[mick lennon]

Santosh,
I think you will like the .Net framework if you try it out. Dont be concerned
wheter its vb.net or c# you get into. Its the underlying .Net framework that
is really important. Go through the quickstarts and alter the code to suit
your dbs. You will soon be using .net to your advantage.
Best of Luck
Mick Lennon
Ireland

[danny]

You should,

I've been a VB developer since the early days. And since these early days,
I've always missed something, a true language. VB .NET IS a true language.
I'm currently developing an application that manages a company inventory.
I already wrote such an application in VB6, I had a **** of a time creating
a suitable framework for the data. In VB .NET, I had only to write a few
classes to reproduce the whole system! Yep, try it out, it is worth the
time. It might seem somewhat hard to understand, but I assure you, this
is the best bet you can place!!

"Santosh D. Singh" <vbdestination@yahoo.com> wrote:
>I am a VB Programmer on intermediate level.
>
> With VB.Net knocking on our door i started to wonder, is it really worth
>for me and my future to invest my time learning more about VB 6.0 or should
>i utilise this time reading and elarning VB.Net which is going to be future
>(according to many gurus)
>
> Time management and proper utilisation of time is issue here.
>
>---------------------------------------------------------------
>Warm regards
>
>Santosh D. Singh.
>Intec Information Technology Co. Ltd., Seoul, South Korea.
>santoshdsingh@yahoo.com
>santoshdsingh@hotmail.com
>Ph.: (Office) +82-2-5689459
>Do good things and all good things will happen to you.
>---------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
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