Classic VB6 or VB.NET?

[Rick Beltz]

I am new to VB but not to the computer field, which I've been in since
1984 as an IBM Midrange developer using RPG (AS/400). Considering the implications
of VB.NET, is learning VB6 still a safe bet for the future? I am in my early
50s and don't have the time or money to invest in learning this language
if it's going to be in much less demand in 2-3 years. Any advice or suggestions
would be appreciated. Thanks.

[Zane Thomas]

On 19 Apr 2001 07:47:02 -0700, "Rick Beltz" <rbas400@mindspring.com>
wrote:

>Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.

Learn vb.net, c#, or both.

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[Dan Barclay]

Rick,

What you should learn depends entirely on what you want to do. If
you're doing all "start from scratch" work either as a hobby or with a
startup, you may want to start with vb.net. Same is true if you want
to work for some consulting company doing only "from scratch" work,
but add java/C# to the mix. They may or may not care if you know VB6.

OTOH, if you plan to work for some existing firm you'd better learn
VB5/6 as a baseline and then add vb.net somewhere along the way. Even
if they move their new work to vb.net, someone new is likely going to
be working on support and/or conversion of existing projects. In any
case you'd better have a handle on VB5/6 to knock on the door. The
timeframe on the need for this baseline knowledge is likely to be a
good bit more than 2-3 years, not that the timeframe matters. If you
intent is to get in the door I'd suggest you get a grip on VB6.
Additional knowledge of VB.net would be a plus, but may not be
sufficient by itself.

Dan
Language Stability is a *feature* I wish VB had!
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