I'm trying to convince myself that VB isn't evil. :) I've been doing VFP since my first professional programming job, and I'm afraid I've really bought into the whole us vs them business. I know I need to lose that attitude but it's going to take a bit of work.

I'd like to do web stuff, but one thing at a time. I've got some health problems that make it a little harder for me to change gears. I think VB is a good start because that's what 90% of the ads around here are looking for. The few companies that do web work want people with loads of experience so that would be harder to break into.

Thanks for the advice,

Michelle


>A wise choice! I think you'll find VB development much more rewarding because of the high demand and a lot more NEW development projects you'll have the opportunity to work on. Plus, VB isn't all that bad - you can do just about everything you can do in VFP (albeit slower) and using ADO is pretty cool.
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>I recommend you purchase Murah's Visual Basic 6 (that's how I'm learning). It really covers the database development aspect of VB and client/server quite thoroughly and the exercises are useful. The VB GUI tools (VB forms and controls) are actually somewhat superior to VFP IMHO.
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>Also Michelle, lots of employers are looking for people with WEB development skills so LEARN ASP!!!!! You won't regret it (and you may as well throw in some HTML, VBScript and SQL Server while you're at it!)
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>Best of luck,
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>-JT