not with "option strict on" which is the way I want to work, i.e. pre binding (like you c#) programmer.

I started off as a C programmer 15 years ago, moved to FoxPro (VFP) about 5 years ago which is a very flexible language but does not require you to define anything if you so wish, and even if you do define variables they are all of variant type, and now want to move to VB.net and c# but want to learn best practice.