Re: VS 2005, or 2008

  • From: "Geoff Smith" <gc.smith@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:07:33 +0100

That's a big help Rick, Thanks. I'll probably download 2008 and VB, going by 
your analysis. Very useful. Thank you.

Geoff
Email: gc.smith@xxxxxxxxxx
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: RicksPlace 
  To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 11:45 AM
  Subject: Re: VS 2005, or 2008


  Indeed. Later versions of Visual Studio, 2005 and 2008, are much, much more 
accessible. It still requires some getting use to when navigating the IDE and 
working in the Editors but after you learn the ropes it becomes second nature 
and quite accessible.
  As for which language it depends on a couple of things.
  CSharp is a popular language with the sighted crowd. It uses allot of braces 
for any code blocks you write. It forces you to define the DataType for every 
variable you define and to convert variale types manually if you try and use 
them to assign to other variables of a diferent or unknown data type. It does 
not have some of the built-in features of Visual Basic like the use of indexed 
Properties and other things I have found usefull. I code in VB for these 
reasons. The generated code from both CSharp and VB is almost identical and the 
execute just as fast as each other. CSharp is in demand a little more than 
Visual Basic in the Workplace from what I understand but I found it not as 
clear to use when learning to program in Visual Studio. If you have allot of 
Programming experience in OOP and already know how to program in a C related 
language like JavaScript or JAVA you might be more comfortable with CSharp. If 
you are not strong in that language format and syntax you might consider 
starting out with Vb.net since it is more English Like and has beginning and 
Ending Block indicators instead of just using braces for that purpose.
  I would recommend Visual Basic for a starter since it will be pretty easy to 
convert to CSharp after you learn the IDE, the Editors and all the Dialogs and 
Wizards, over 1,000 from what I understand, in the Visual Studio IDE.
  It is up to you and your past experience. CSharp is much more strict of an 
OOP language but you can use all of the OOP design functions in Vb.net as you 
learn them as well.
  So, that is the only thing I can think of to say about which language to use 
to start with.
  If you are an old OOP Programmer you can go either way. If you are not good 
with OOP Languages I would stick with Vb.net until you get a really solid grip 
on using the Visual Studio IDE and on OOP concepts which you will pick up on 
while working in Vb.net.
  Rick USA



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