for the main part for me Jim, its the organization and automation of the visual studios IDE that's the advantage.
most of the functions that one would perform, and many of the things that one would create are as automated as possible.
if I need a form, instead of starting a file that creates a form, I simply go to a menu, click an option, select the form I want and its there the same for any properties of a form or control I want, I hit one key, arrow down through the list, and all the properties are there, I just alter the one I need.
it as well eliminates the need to do the "repetitive work" if you have four text boxes on a form and 3 buttons, I just use a set of three keystrokes to place one of each on the form, then copy and paste the other 3 text boxes and two buttons on, zap and I'm done, add an event, NP, three clicks and its done and properly named... without any problem, I just write in what I want the object to do within the provided framework.
add in the intelesense auto input of items when your typing out your code and a lot of the tedious work is eliminated or speeded up
the big advantage to EdSharp, is its versatility, I can write a note, or a web page, or whatever I want in it, but even with all Jamal's great work on it, I can't create a visual basic form in EdSharp as fast or as efficiently as I can in the VB IDE's.
an example, a simple little "dice roller" I made for myself for my dungeons and dragons games on Saturdays, the code is below, how long would it take you to type it out in ed sharp, it took me about an hour, but most of that was figuring out how I wanted it laid out, the code took me about 15 minutes.
*start code: VERSION 5.00 Begin VB.Form frmRollerMain Caption = "Quicky Dice Roller" ClientHeight = 3195 ClientLeft = 60 ClientTop = 345 ClientWidth = 4680 LinkTopic = "Form1" ScaleHeight = 13.313 ScaleMode = 4 'Character ScaleWidth = 39 StartUpPosition = 3 'Windows Default Begin VB.Frame fraSelect Caption = "&Select Die" Height = 495 Left = 120 TabIndex = 0 Top = 360 Width = 1215 Begin VB.OptionButton rdoD100 Caption = "D&100" Height = 495 Left = 0 TabIndex = 7 Top = 4320 Width = 1215 End Begin VB.OptionButton rdoD20 Caption = "D&20" Height = 495 Left = 0 TabIndex = 6 Top = 3600 Width = 1215 End Begin VB.OptionButton rdoD12 Caption = "D&12" Height = 495 Left = 0 TabIndex = 5 Top = 2880 Width = 1215 End Begin VB.OptionButton rdoD10 Caption = "D&10" Height = 495 Left = 0 TabIndex = 4 Top = 2160 Width = 1215 End Begin VB.OptionButton rdoD8 Caption = "D&8" Height = 495 Left = 0 TabIndex = 3 Top = 1440 Width = 1215 End Begin VB.OptionButton rdoD6 Caption = "D&6" Height = 495 Left = 0 TabIndex = 2 Top = 720 Width = 1215 End Begin VB.OptionButton rdoD4 Caption = "D&4" Height = 495 Left = 0 TabIndex = 1 Top = 0 Value = -1 'True Width = 1215 End End Begin VB.TextBox txtResults Height = 495 Left = 1800 Locked = -1 'True TabIndex = 9 Top = 4440 Width = 1215 End Begin VB.CommandButton cmdRoll Caption = "&Roll Them Bones" Height = 495 Left = 240 TabIndex = 8 Top = 2880 Width = 1215 End Begin VB.Label lblResults Alignment = 2 'Center Caption = "Results" Height = 495 Left = 1800 TabIndex = 10 Top = 3840 Width = 1215 End End Attribute VB_Name = "frmRollerMain" Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False Attribute VB_Creatable = False Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = True Attribute VB_Exposed = False Option ExplicitPrivate Declare Function sndPlaySound Lib "winmm.dll" Alias "sndPlaySoundA" (ByVal lpszSoundName As String, ByVal uFlags As Long) As Long
Const SND_ASYNC = &H1 'ASYNC allows us to play waves with the ability to interrupt
Const SND_NODEFAULT = &H2 'NODEFAULT causes no sound to be played if the wav can't be found
Const SND_NOSTOP = &H10 'NOSTOP ensures that we don't stop another wave from playing
Const SND_MEMORY = &H4 'MEMORY plays a wave file stored in memory Private Sub cmdRoll_Click() Dim MaxNum As Integer Dim MinNum As Integer Dim NumSet As Integer Dim NumberRolled MinNum = 0 MaxNum = 0 NumSet = 0 NumberRolled = 0 If rdoD4.Value = True Then NumSet = 4 ElseIf rdoD6.Value = True Then NumSet = 6 ElseIf rdoD8.Value = True Then NumSet = 8 ElseIf rdoD10.Value = True Then NumSet = 10 ElseIf rdoD12.Value = True Then NumSet = 12 ElseIf rdoD20.Value = True Then NumSet = 20 ElseIf rdoD100.Value = True Then NumSet = 100 End If Randomize MaxNum = NumSet MinNum = 1 NumberRolled = Int((MaxNum - MinNum + 1) * Rnd() + MinNum) sndPlaySound App.Path & "\diceroll.wav", SND_ASYNC Or SND_NODEFAULT txtResults.Text = Str(NumberRolled) txtResults.SetFocus End Sub Private Sub txtResults_DblClick() cmdRoll_Click End Sub Private Sub txtResults_KeyDown(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer) If KeyCode = 13 Then KeyCode = 0 cmdRoll_Click End If End Sub * end code: another note, i didn't "write" a lot of that, the if than else yesbut many lines of that was generated automatically when i made a couple clicks.
and as to accessibility, its good, in most of the express versions from what I have seen/herd, I know I am not having problems with accessibility, just the learning curve for the newer languages, and that's a problem with me, not the IDE's, smile
HTH, Inthane. For Blind Programming assistance, Information, Useful Programs, and Links to Jamal Mazrui's Text tutorial packages and Applications, visit me at:
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To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 7:32 AM Subject: C# Environments Other Than MS - Success?
Hi, I am curious. I see some stuff about CSharp Develop or whatever and I wonder how much, if any, success others might be having with those environments. I'm also wondering what advantages the Express or other MS environments might give someone over a good old editor like EdSharp. Thanks. Jim James D Homme, Usability Engineering Highmark Inc. james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx 412-544-1810 "It's more important for me to start to do the right thing than it is to wait until I think I can do it just right." __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind
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