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22/02/2003 03:24:55
Liam O'Hagan
O'Hagan Programming Ltd
Ireland
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Visual FoxPro
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Visual FoxPro and .NET
Miscellaneous
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00756007
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Thanks Liam, it was helpfull to me.

>Hi Jozef,
>
>I had initially made the decision to learn C# in favour of VB for a number of reasons : C# will be more in demand than VB, C# is better than VB, etc, etc, etc....
>
>However, whether you write in VB or C# the source will still be compiled to the same MSIL so speed isn't an issue and the power of .NET comes from the enormous libraries that are available to both C# and VB. OK, in C# you can overload operators and you can call into unsafe code. These appear to be the most oft quoted differences and most of the others relate to syntactical differences. What made my mind up for me was the little experience that I have in VB. It made learning .NET that bit easier.
>
>I do intend to go back to C# at some point as it apparently will be the language most in use in about 2 years. However, I believe it's more important to learn the framework (ie libraries) than an individual language. My experience in VB.NET will stand me in good stead when I return to C#.
>
>Hope my ramblings are of some use to you.
>
>Regards,
>
>Liam
>
>
>
>
>>Hi Liam !
>>I am qurious why you choose VB.NET not C#. To me C# looks better as a language. I want to make up my mind (VB.NET or C#) and I'm looking for opinion of others making move to NET.
>>
>>>Hi Kevin,
>>>
>>>I doubt if there are courses for VFP developer wishing to move to VB.NET however there are many courses for VB 6 programmers wishing to upgrade to VB.NET. If you have any experience of VB6 then these courses should be fine.
>>>
>>>I completed a VB.NET course recently and found it to be pretty straightforward. I had been evaluating and toying with VB.NET for a while so the material wasn't brand new to me however the course pulled all the pieces together and I left the course feeling much more confident about .NET.
>>>
>>>I found the Microsoft Press book "Visual Basic.NET Step by Step" an excellent introduction. The Wrox "Professional" series of books are more advanced and are also excellent: "Professional VB.NET", and "Professional ADO.NET". Specific subjects are dealt with by more books by Wrox : "VB.NET Remoting", "VB.NET Scalability" and (my favourite) "VB.NET Class Design".
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>
>>>Liam
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi
>>>>
>>>>2 questions:
>>>>
>>>>Does anyone know if there are any courses for VFP developers moving across to VB.Net?
>>>>
>>>>Can anyone recommend good material for VB.Net, maybe even from a VFP developers perspective?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>>Kev
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