Programming environment

[Pyramus]

In what software do you write VBS? There must be something better than notepad ?

 

[FengShui1998]

pyramus,

It's gotta be NOTEPAD, not WORDPAD or WORD because those APPS put in extraneous formatting characters.
a .vbs script file should be text only.

fengshui_1998

 

[disord3r]

I initially used InterDev that came with VisualStudio, when I wasn't really familiar with ASP/JavaScript. It has different ways to create scripts (editing the source directly, drag-n-drop), it gives you syntax highlighting to show you where you might have missed a quotation mark or something like that.

Now that I'm pretty well versed, I still use it, but I always edit the source directly. I could use notepad/wordpad and have them save in a plain text format to remove all special characters, but then I wouldn't have the pop-up tips and things that InterDev has. If you have access to it, I highly recommend it.

 

[dilettante]

I agree with disord3r[/b] above.

I've heard advocates for PrimalScript (spelling?) but haven't persued it myself for a number of reasons:
[ol][li]I already have Visual Studio, and thus InterDev. Why pay twice, learn two development environments?
[li]I have found that I create darned few cscripts (command-line .vbs) and I want a richer GUI. Using InterDev to make HTAs answers this need nicely.[/ol]

For a straight down and dirty VBScript though I still crack out NotePad. If you find something nice (and cheap or FREE) let us all know.

MS no longer has incentive with the advent of .Net - they plan to gradually kill off VBScript. Instead the expect you to write VB7 (VB.Net) or C#. Those without the whole VS.Net kit get no IDE, but the .Net "Framework" apparently gives you enough to create VB7 programs using NotePad. This sounds like torture to me, but try arguing with MS.

 

[gph1]

originally posted by dilettante

MS no longer has incentive with the advent of .Net - they plan to gradually kill off VBScript.



Could you or someone else please elaberate on this.

I'm new to VBScript and want to learn more but not if it's being phased out.

 

[Falcon99]

Just my .02

I switched from Interdev to VS.net for ASP and script a long time ago. For me it has been a helluva lot more stable.

 

[DanaHallenbeck]

I use PrimalScript and love it. I was tried some other text editors with text highlighting, but PrimalScript's syntax help/completion (similar to Visual Basic), syntax coloring, customization, and ability to run a script from within the program have been extremely helpful. Many of these features are just not available in most third party programs. There are pros and cons to just about all these programs, though. PrimalScript is a little expensive.

Does VS.net do any of the above? If so, I would be interested in trying it out, I just don't want to go through the trouble of learning how to use it if it doesn't. I am always interested if an IDE with better features.

Dana Hallenbeck